Inertia

It's just so easy to stay in the rut

I feel the heavy stone wheel

pulling me back.

In chains soothing, I fight the sleep.

So easy, just put down the struggle

change is too much, too hard, too...

unknown.

Rolling inertia grows

gathering the moss of my intentions

grinding down my will

to move forward.

Inward screams, 

muscles flexed

I must MOVE

before the stone becomes a mountain.

Reviews

[Stanley Wilson]

awesome write Mark enjoyed it.

[Mark]

thank you Stanley. Good to see you again. :)

[s y e]

Very, very clever piece Mark - really enjoyed it.

[Mark]

Thank you dear Mommy :)

[Baby Ricochet]

Good poem. It is easy to get in a rut. Particularly a comfortable one

[Mark]

ya it's great to stay with the familiar even when you know it's not right. :P

[Emily B]

put your back into it, the moment for momentum is a hair breadth and will never come back to us

holler out if you need help getting started, we are all one

[Mark]

That is what I need, a coach to kick me figuratively in the backside!

[Latifa]

Rolling inertia grows
gathering the moss of my intentions
grinding down my will
to move forward.
I absolutely love these lines

[Mark]

Thank you Latifa glad you liked.

[Pryde Foltz]

Rolling inertia grows
gathering the moss of my intentions
grinding down my will
to move forward.

Inward screams,
muscles flexed
I must MOVE
before the stone becomes a mountain.

You capture that feeling hopelessness that many of us can feel from time to time. But yes, you must move there is not getting away from a falling mountain.

[Mark]

Thank you. Perhaps I have idealized you, but I don't see you as someone with this issue lol.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Mark. I think we all grapple with this problem … and some of us get up and follow your advice and some of us let that stone roll.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A trusting exercise I ones own will, a clear and precise write, well done, good read.

[Mark]

Thank you for reading and your kind comments. :)

[icelandicblue]

Wise words Mark. We hate the rut but it is known to us and we find a weird kind of comfort in that.


Rolling inertia grows
gathering the moss of my intentions
grinding down my will
to move forward.

[Mark]

Thanks for reading Blue :)

[Nautili]

Really well written. I agree it seems easier at times to let things or ourselves slide, but in the long run we will be pulled back even farther from our destination. Nice poem at this beginning of the year where people reflect and often resolve to do better.

[Mark]

Thank you for reading. Glad you liked :)