Picking Up Roots

Higher

today I have made it
to the mountain's top,
tomorrow I will be back
at the valley floor
staring up at a new peak
waiting to be climbed;

the apex is fleeting,
the climb is what matters,
the cycle of life

I will keep challenging myself
to climb

Wishing

don't race towards the end,
wishing away time,
each second is precious,
an opportunity
to experience,
gain wisdom,
learn;

embrace living
within each moment,
time is short;

wishing for its passage -
no matter the pain
of the moment -
is to wish away life;

embrace each chance
to experience
all life gives

Pace

to move forward
step back,

what is driving you,
where do you find holes
within yourself,

by slowing down
you can fill them in,

buck the external masters
whose whips
keep lashing you onward -
you are more
than their desires -

it is your life
to live
at your own pace