u-turn

you've taken a wrong turn and you're now on the wrong track, but you don't want to have to make a u-turn and admit that you made a mistake. you just want to keep going on and naively hope you'll eventually still get to your dream destination, cruising along with the error and trying to make the best out of a bad situation. along the way, you see a lot of unpleasant incidents that wear out your hopes and confidence, but you blindly persist and trust your flawed judgement, simply disregarding the clear and present reality and the increasing gravity of the situation that you're allowing to spiral out of control, until gradually and painfully, you no longer see the mirage of hope peering out over the horizon, and soon realise your fuel tank is empty and you have no choice but to step out of the vehicle and begin to retrace your steps back to where you came from. as you turn your weary body around to glance back, you see that the returning road is the same cruel, gruelling one that got you here in the first place. it won't be easy, but at least it's in the right direction.