On the Long Drive To Change

on the long drive to change,
i didn't know at the time 
when the realization came,
i was literally shaken clean 
from the aged norm of my reality

on the defining interchange to new
scenes and settings, i was honestly
taken aback by being cared about
and given such a rare opportunity
for careful reconstruction

shocking was the journey and the discovery 
of myself that i never thought i would learn 
about through actual experiences that left 
me healthily greedy for more and more each
day

on the next wave of a planning session,
i am now my own travel agent for more 
than one and i never expected to be 
such a ready participant or such a
determined trooper

i think it is the combination of memories and
loneliness in dark times that attributes to our
newborn, newfound passion

the fruit of the joy it brings keeps our juices 
flowing and growing for the next anticipated
discovery

what once was is now 87 unleaded gasoline
and very dependable navigation....the map 
of our lives....the reigniting of our once limited,
sectional, and broken tonalities
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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