Back in the Day

I was digging through some of my old journals, reading past entries I wrote old poems posted - and it's interesting to see where I was in life when these were written. They say that time heals all wounds, so I'm sharing some poems below that I wrote roughly four years ago. While I can say definitively that I've moved forward, sometimes you have to look back to see just how far you've come.


Ice
Cold hard exterior
When warmed to the touch
Will there be anything left?


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Standing on the edge
You open your eyes and look around
Your heart is racing
You feel the blood coursing through your veins
You search the darkness - looking for any sign, any light
Fighting the vertigo, the feeling that what you are about to do is natural
You reach your arms out for your last embrace
You tilt your head back, take a deep breath, close your eyes and dive into the darkness
Praying that when you land, when you make it to the other side
You come out unscathed

Run
Mind racing
Inhale 2-3-4
Exhale 2-3-4
Footsteps on the pavement echo the pounding of your heart
You urge your muscles forward
Ignoring the pain...telling yourself that hurting is good
As the road dips and curves, cars fly by you but you only focus on one thing
It's ahead in the distance
Too far to see, but you know that it's out there
That magical point where you will reach the end
Where the mind will stop racing
Where the muscles, fueled by adrenaline, will cease to hurt
Where you will look to the road behind you and think, "damn"
As your breath slows
Inhale 2-3-4
Exhale 2-3-4
You turn around and start the long but familiar journey home.

The Journey
Life is a journey... I've always been told
A road filled with dips and curves, long stretches, and sometimes even unexpected side roads
Along your travels there are various road stops
Some long, some short, some leave you wanting more, and others force you to continue on your path
Through it all, the peaks and valleys, wrong turns and dead ends
Always remember
That the end is really just the beginning
And that what you were looking for, you had all along