Path 3: Repetition
Self-transformation and healing through routine
Why did Sisyphus keep rolling his boulder?
Was he truly being punished
laboring steps forward with a weight of no consequence.
At this point it must have been countless times
repeating a seemingly fruitless task
savoring the steadily increasing number of cycles.
Living
is indistinguishable from that punishment.
We rise just to fall back to our places of rest, wherever they are
We make memories just to let them fade into a flowing future
Yet no god can rob us of the truth of their occurence.
We bite the fruit of inevitable familiarity.
Swallowing the bitterness of some tiny change
choosing to step with just enough grace
though it may be in place, can change the destination
entirely.
To process that meal, volatile digestive juices accumulate
to dissolve any stone.
About the Creator
Noah Rodriguez
A multiracial gay med student/writer and NYC native. I believe identity is something that is creatively built, discovered, shared, and transformed, and healing can come from that.
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