I want to be content for the rest of my life
I want joy to settle like a thick coat of dust
I pray no one comes to clean it up
I want to breathe in the sun’s rays
All its color and warmth
I want to run as far as I can
Just to reach the closest fragment of peace
I’ll be satisfied with just a sliver of hope
Anything that sweet can be made to last a lifetime
The first conscious breath I take every morning
Would be a sigh of relief
Not the sharp inhale of bracing myself for what’s to come
I’d hit the ground running
My clumsy feet wouldn’t stop me from moving so fast
Who said you couldn’t fall to the feet of peace with a few scratches?
Let me fall a thousand times
Let my knees crack at by the incredible impact of grace
Let my winded lungs stretch out and take in the aroma of contentment
Let the dust be pleasing
The horizon is grey
Sometimes that stops me
I halt my pace to catch my breath
Spread my arms out wide
The tips of my finger reaching forward
Craving the warm spot I’m searching for
In my stillness my heart beats fast
I step closer and closer
Slowly
Patiently waiting
Praying
Grateful for the progress I have made so far
The cool air helps me to decompress
I rest
I charge myself with more hope
Before I know it
The sky bursts in color
There I go again
RUNNING
Hoping to race all my life for a peace that is overflowing
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