I Write In 2016

Someone Going Somewhere

Somebody lays in bed
Restless energy nips and bites
Sleep is lost in this battle of inner tension
A voice whispers - You will die a slow death if you don't move.

Somebody shifts, throws off the covers and sits up
Legs flip over the edge of the bed
Then touchdown...
The floor sends icy ripples and shards
surging through the barely awake soul

Like lightening, Somebody jumps
Grabbing clothing and volting out of the place
Where?
Anywhere.
So long as it is out beyond the walls
Walls that only confine and hold a body prisoner.

Somebody is out into the sunshine
Out where the warm breeze caresses
Out where the birds sing for the glory of the day
And life expands
Possibilities blossom and open fully.

Somebody takes flight
Follows their nose
And finds themselves on an adventure
An adventure that makes the ordinary
Extraordinary.

Somebody is filled with renewed hope
Waylaid dreams begin to poke beyond the surface of slumber
Gumption to strive takes hold
Walls of restriction are shattered.

Life reawakens
All because....
Somebody decided to just go...
Go somewhere.

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