Walk to the Sky
You have been sick
far too long,
unable to breathe fully,
constrained and hobbled,
you became sedentary,
a science experiment
as doctors worked their trial and error magic
measuring each wheeze with puzzlement and pills.
You have mourned too long,
fighting the darkness of loss
that plays peekaboo with your life,
sludging forward, defying the gravity of your heart
with will power that pushed your body forward
while your heart too often, fell behind.
But every season passes,
and if not well,
if not yet in the light,
it is spring and the air is crisp, not painful,
and there is the promise of warmth.
The sun rises early and lingers late
as you climb the stone paths,
your chest heaving, wheezing, muscles burning
from lack of use,
a smile on your face, feeling every beautiful pain
as you walk to the sky.
About this poem
It’s been a tough year, physically and emotionally. But it’s spring. And I don’t just mean the season.
The picture was taken earlier this morning as I took a short walk into the quarry.
Tom
Quarry House 
oh Tom, this is beautiful. Tinged with sadness and optimism in equal parts, what’s the story behind this? i always like to learn more about a favourite piece’s backstory… if it’s too personal, i understand.
love & light to you
Good morning. I am glad you liked the poem.
No great secret on the back story. I’ve had 5 bouts of what they keep thinking is bronchitis in the past year, and being oldish (59) and sick that much, I’m just starting to regain my strength and stamina.
I’ve also lost both parents, ended a long term relationship and lost a job in that same time period, so a lot of mourning’s been going on. That too, I am coming out of.
The last part is that I live across from an abandoned slate quarry, where I like to walk up and down the mountains of slate. I made one of those walks this morning, and came back and wrote the poem. I’m glad it touched you.
it really did move me. a very personal poem, it seems. you’ve certainly been through the wars. i hope your health – physically and emotionally, returns quickly and find yourself beginning to heal holistically.
incredibly beautiful words, and imagery.
stay strong.
Thank you. The wars? I suppose. But we all go through periods like that. Hopefully we gain something along the journey.
Be well.
yes we do, but you’ve been through so much simultaneously. it must have been tough. i hope your journey takes to you more sunlit places for a while… 🙂