THE ENDLESS JOURNEY
run
to somewhere,
to somewhere i don't know
i hear my feet pounding
heavily against the sweet grass
crushing greenery in its wake
i hear my heavy breathing
gasp air in
let air out and gasp it in again
cycle it so not to think
remember the cycle as i run
pulsebeats shoot sonic booms
across the world
throbbing ache in my chest
i'm running
can't fall
i can't fall yet
see violet vividness
around me taunting
i'm reaching i can make it i can reach it
justice and freedom and
J U S T I C E
i can see you, i SEE you
i have to make it to you
i've tried so hard to find you
know you're there at last
feel the burn in my chest
burning from the cycle
must push to my limit
even as violets taunt
my weakness manifesting
i fall.
on hands and knees
before your ideal
i'm
i'm just not
not strong enough
fall to the dew-touched grass
breathe in
breathe out
try to push myself up
try though i can't move
can't feel, can't feel
i fall again
what is it on my face
what warm wet tracks course
down like rain
reach up with a trembling hand
(i thought i was strong)
to brush my quiet rain away
i feel a cool hand
reach down and hold my own
i look up
my body threatening
to give up on me
look up into the eyes of the strong
look up into carved ebony
i'm pulled up
by cool ivory hands
one reaches so tenderly
to wipe away the rain
which had steadfastly continued
'strength'
is the whispered word
'be strong'
she helps me stand
then disappears in a
swirl of soft white
i nod and
wipe the rain
and i don't run
lest i fall
i make my slow
route amongst
the violet which dares not
taunt me
any longer
struggle with weak body
but because i struggle
i gain the right to strength
and justice