When Fear Collides with Fate

The moments multiple,
the paths as well,
so many ways
but only one to tell.
Not much to know
or exactly how to,
the game is played
while the feet are glued.
The pushing continues
both times, both ways
while the feet often
lead the mind astray,
the path is muddled
and the spirit condensed
in moments that escape
both knowledge and sense.
The seconds confuse
even the most focused
with the brain's random snap
and the following hocus pocus.
Then when fear collides
with the impending fate
there's no place to go
and nowhere to escape.
Instead the only move
that one could make
is the one it should have originally
before it made the mistake.