walking

I was feeling sorry for myself today. For no good reason. It happens to us all sometimes. I knew that I needed to go take a walk. I put it off several times before I got up from my desk and went outside.

 

It's a beautiful October day. One of those fall days between rains, the sun is shining, the air is cool. And I wondered if I picked a spot on the farthest hill, the one way off in the distance, if I couldn't just get to it eventually if I started walking that direction. A silly notion sure, but what a lovely adventure that would be.

 

I wasn't alone anymore. The killdeer danced around me. Their shrill cries at my intrusion made me smile a little to myself. They are silly birds but I can count on them to always be around when I finally take a walk. I noticed a butterfly. Half-wished that it might fly toward me and light on my hand. One of these days that wish might come true.

 

And I realized what a difficult time the pretty little thing was having. Its flight struggled just a few inches from the asphalt. The wind was too rough. Here and there he'd light on the pavement to get momentum up to carry on. And then I stopped still because sometimes the lesson will do that to you.

 

Creator, I will carry on, no matter how difficult the winds.

Reviews

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. oh, it's fantastic to read these words again, emily ... i don't even know why i'm carrying on ... and why i have been carrying on since 10th july, 2009 ... the days get darker ... and so does the hope that there'll be light in the future ... but still there are words ... there's you ... and i think ... maybe this is a fantastic story ... and this is the part when it frightens the audience ... but ultimately there'll be a happy ending ... maybe there's more to life than pain ... we can't really say until those last few moments before we die ... so might as well carry on and see what happens ...

- serah

[An Ordinary Woman]

Creator, I will carry on, no matter how difficult the winds.

me too, Emily. Thx for linking it up today, I can't think of anything I might've enjoyed more than this. :)

[C. Harter Amos]

A wonderful lesson and a beautiful way to share it. Thank you, Em.

[Sel Whiteley]

The fact that nature, particularly birdsong, is company is so eloquently expressed in this poem. And how you identify with the butterfly and their windswept journey, this was so elegantly expressed, I loved it.

[YouoweYoupay]

This is sad and beautiful. It provoked rainy emotions and new thoughts in me. Thank you for posting.

[Robin]

and on those wings , you brought a smile

Wonderful to rea! I enjoyed every second!

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. ah, you are always so wonderfully profound ... melodious and understanding ... who would've thought about the flutter by but you ... and who would've derived such a simple and yet powerful life lesson ... from a stroll ... this is awe-inspiring ...

[Ramiz Ilham Khan]

Oh yes. sometimes the lesson does that to us. Wonderful. :-)

[Nik Dendera]

Loved it! So simple, yet beautifully written. And the message is an excellent one. I couldn't have put it quite so eloquently, and you did it perfectly.

I love the small details, the every day things we don't notice.

An excellent piece!