Uncertainty

a mind left to wander is a worrisome device.
it weaves a tale almost certainly false,
but the longer it wanders the more it burns
into your brain creating a story you struggle to disprove
only to believe it all the more
a mind left to wander slices through confidence
it shatters hopes and turns dreams into nightmares
fear is born in the darkness of a mind
wandering down paths through which it should not travel

Uncertainty cuts like a knife
but hope is born in the dying of self
and light shines brightest in the dark