Body Ails Yet Spirit Soars

The room is filled with sweat and sounds of heavy breaths, heaved by shivering lungs. Every muscle of the body aches and whimpers buried in exhaustion, drowned in sweat. But where there is a will, there’s always a way. This stubborn heart is strong enough to carry me up onto the stage. To carry this trophy of heavy gold, embedded with jewels that I could never own. Clasping tight - as an eagle with talons - I spread my wings high, over the clouds hovering over sunrise. Sweating exhilaration bathed in glory and my soul reassures, “You truly deserve it.”