you’ve been dreaming
of stairs lately, climbing
them like toddlers do
when grownups forget
to latch the gate. leaping
without worry upward
because pain doesn’t
breathe yet. stepping
like drumming. one
beat. two beat. not
too hard beat. let’s
go again beat. turn
back time beat. hold
my hand beat. not
ready yet beat.
too young.
too young.
it’s temporary until—
it’s not beat.
you’ve been dreaming
of stairs lately.
*51/100: For the next 100 days, I’ll be writing and posting a poem every day.
**All photos are mine, taken with an Olympus E-M1 MarkII and edited with Lightroom Classic
Sometimes the deepest heartbreak is accepting that you can love someone with everything in you, and they still may not choose to stay. Their decision to let you go does not define your worth. You can miss them, love them, and still understand that you deserve a love that does not leave you questioning whether you are worth fighting for. Sometimes losing them is simply making room for someone who chooses you back.
#RealTalk #Relationship #RelationshipAdvice #ChooseYourself #KnowYourWorth
Thank you for the kind words.
very nice.
Thank you! I’m glad you liked this one.
May we all master our stairways of pain.
I can’t help but be reminded of Nesta Archeron climbing thousands of steps repeatedly in the last ACOTAR book. Very well done!!! 😍🤩👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🫶🏻
Thank you so much, Chrissy. Pain sure has changed the way I see things.
Amen. I always pray for my heart to remain soft and as charitable, forgiving, as possible, despite everything. 💙✨️🙏🏻
nicely different. I personally like how this poetry marathon makes us write in whatever manner is convenient. I can take your own in a couple of different ways, heck, maybe three. Going with the totally positive one.
Thanks! Yeah, I didn’t know where this was going, but once I found that rhythm at the end, I sort of just went with it. Trying to work through all this pain. Had my first PT meeting this week and next week I’m getting a cortisone shot. Really hoping stairs don’t hurt so much in the future, but also trying to not let myself feel like this is the end if it’s not the answer. I can be so dramatic (sign of a writer?)
Okay, well there’s the more negative view! I focused on the idea of a child running up and down stairs. I think many creatives are overly dramatic. I have to couch many health statements to my wife with, “I know I tend toward hypochondria, but…” You know, a headache could be a brain tumor! It’s possible! Hang in there: a good friend has similar issue and the cortisone shot REALLY made it better.
Thanks! I’m doing a lot more stretching and that actually is helping some. Counting down the days until the shot and crossing my fingers it helps.