Keep the Pace

Keep the Pace

(“For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.” Hebrews 10:36)

Today you marked the cycle,
three years since the trauma,
two years unremembered,
and one running for your life.

You see better than ever,
you grieve sooner and complete,
you believe truer and clear,
you feel deeper and trust
the elements of hope, the
clouds sliding down the slopes
of the hills surrounding
you only remind you of lively green
lately springing where sharply obsidian
nights obscured your view.

You woke today and you kept up the pace,
the pain cried, the past rang like a false alarm,
but, your feet on the ground, your eyes reaching
for the finish line,
you found your team cheering you on,
some have finished the race, and some beside you,
all you hear to keep you running
is the rhythm of uncounted feet still
reaching for more than they ever earned.

And, on the occasional glance, you spot the few,
joy their prize, waiting your grand finale,
breathing in unison as you round the final turn.

It is to love we are born, and joy the soundtrack
on our way home.