forward resolution

 

 

this feels like as good a day as any

to look up into the sky at the morning sun.

to feel its warmth fall across my face

and see things in an entirely different way.

today is a time for making choices internally

leaving familiar words scattered on the floor.

walking over them without leaving scars on my feet

and not looking back to see the mess they’ve made.

I think I should water the ground today, nourish something deep

let the growth and the healing slowly begin.

in the light of the sun it is all out there and exposed

nowhere to hide, no dark corners to keep out the shine.

breathing in and walking in unmeasured steps

up hills that don’t really leave room for taking it slow.

it’s taken long enough, I think, to get out of this hole

it’s time to lean into the incline and forge ahead.

so this is last page of a tale

that was riddled with lines I cannot untangle.

with language and action

in which I should have never engaged.

mistakes that I keep making over and over

misinterpreting what is for what I want to hear.

so again I lean into the curve

and let it press against me.

use all of the strength that I have

to remain standing still.

once the pressure becomes aligned

and my balance holds.

with a forward motion

I have to move away from here.