The Journey

I am… The steep steps that you take Difficult decisions you must make The dry pebbles in your way The sparkly rainbows with no grey The tears that flow from your eyes Your smiles that light up the skies The bundles of anxiety in your chest The sweet serenity that wipes out the rest – I am… Every knowledge that is unchoked When gently probed from minds and books The graceful movement of the hand As it draws worlds on wood or sand Every dream that is yet unfulfilled And every hurt that was stilled The multiple incredible expressions of love That no doubt must have come from above – I am… Time; all in future, present and past Everything that faded and all that will last The sinking and uplifting realizations that are found The sharp memories of sight, taste, touch and sound Every truth you ignorantly thought was a lie And every lie you failed to turn a blind eye The ocean of emotions you constantly swim through That lead to risks you take of things you need to do – I am… The intentions you act on, either out of virtue or vice The road that is frightening and slippery in ice But I can also be the road that is a breeze With no fear of falling prey to mind and heart disease Have you guessed the nature of my identity? I am simply the history you write of your life’s journey.