Righting Self Before Stumbling
And if my going towards you is when I stumble the hardest, when I bruise the blackest, when I see the least light,
When I cry the hardest,
Should I not stop making these tracks and turn toward the opposite sun instead?
I have stumbled before, and badly.
I have bruised before, and could not walk for the pain of it.
I have followed the faintest of lights before, and lost my sight.
And the tears that I have spent. All. Those. Tears. (I am hard pressed to find anyone who has cried more for a lost and lonely and hopeless hope than I.)
But always, always
ALWAYS
I manage to right myself, my bruises fade, and I begin to see again.
And I run out of hope to cry for.
BUT
If my going towards you is when I fall and never rise, when I bruise the bruise that will never fade, when I never again ever see,
When I find no end to the tears,
Should I not stop making these tracks and turn toward the opposite sun instead?
Limits are never the easiest to discern when running towards a light one can barely see. And one can never tell when strength will choose to depart. When will will disappear. When right will cease to matter.
So maybe, maybe,
MAYBE.
A different sun would be better for me.
When I cry the hardest,
Should I not stop making these tracks and turn toward the opposite sun instead?
I have stumbled before, and badly.
I have bruised before, and could not walk for the pain of it.
I have followed the faintest of lights before, and lost my sight.
And the tears that I have spent. All. Those. Tears. (I am hard pressed to find anyone who has cried more for a lost and lonely and hopeless hope than I.)
But always, always
ALWAYS
I manage to right myself, my bruises fade, and I begin to see again.
And I run out of hope to cry for.
BUT
If my going towards you is when I fall and never rise, when I bruise the bruise that will never fade, when I never again ever see,
When I find no end to the tears,
Should I not stop making these tracks and turn toward the opposite sun instead?
Limits are never the easiest to discern when running towards a light one can barely see. And one can never tell when strength will choose to depart. When will will disappear. When right will cease to matter.
So maybe, maybe,
MAYBE.
A different sun would be better for me.
