Monday, February 14, 2022

I double dare you

 What is it you are seeking?

If all events and actions in your life were,
in defiance of time,
being pulled by something, rather than pushed by the past

If all things were coalescing toward a more complex mass,

what is the thing you seek?

You must spend time considering this thing, and giving it the freedom to become as it please

For me, it seems to be freedom and flow.

Are these two mutually exclusive?

I don't think so.

All things in life have limitation, it is inherent in the system.
We are not seeking to escape limitation, for that is both impossible and inevitable.

Therefore, we are seeking freedom and flow.
Synthesized.
Sail and wind together,
The way suburban streets punish and provide for wayward children traveling by bike,
"Can I make it up this hill?"
You are pushing that pedal so hard now and are barely moving forward,
you could simply get off the bike, walk the rest of the way up,
but no,
you have to,
you have to, you have to
You have to push!
You can't give up.
You can do this,
This dragon of a hill. The dragon your friends had tried to slay, but they came back defeated again and again.
"they won't believe you anyway, even if you do it."
You squeeze your eyes and grimace pushing all your weight onto that pedal, but now you must let it come back up, to push back down on the other.

"You can just tell them you did it. hop off here. There is no one around"
"No one can do this, and definitely not just some stupid kid."
You grit your teeth in a mad-wild-smile, and smash that left pedal down,
passing the point of zero momentum,
you now have the power to,
the motion to,
Rise.
and Flow.
So much speed now,
Standing tall.
Houses and trees blur,
The sky is yours.
You see the next hill,
larger than the last,
will you make it up,
or will you turn back?



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