Embracing Life
Today, this day, I can embrace
every abundance
large and small
thanks to the things
I've shed.
Like leaves falling one at a time
from an autumn tree,
I have walked through
this life shedding,
as each season desired,
what no longer made sense
for me to carry.
My burdens growing lighter
with each passing year.
Why carry hurts
and if-onlies?
Who needs
to strap bitterness
to her back and carry it around
until she is crushed
from the weight of it?
Not the me,
I am in this moment.
I no longer keep walking
into the same wall,
receiving the same wounds.
I no longer loop around and around
until I'm dizzy from
getting nowhere.
I can walk with my back straight,
my neck craned to get a glimpse
of what adventure is around
the next corner.
Rebekah for the Poplar Grove Muse
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