This Walk

Written 9/29/14 for an assignment

This walk I walk day after day

Always makes me feel peaceful in some way

Looking out of class I expected rain

But so far the clouds are only an energy drain

 

I don’t listen to music in my stride most days

But sometimes I listen to Storyline by Hunter Hayes

It’s an energetic song in this space without peace

That assists my thoughts in their inability to cease

 

The maple trees inspire me

Their growth almost a mystery

The knowledge of them gained before

Forgotten once I’ve stridden through a door

 

Every Monday feels different but same

Never talking to strangers to learn a name

I watch the leaves change like the sky overhead

These intricate processes like a needle in thread

 

This time always passes so quickly

Not giving me time to ponder what I see

But in my head where I always talk

I tell myself I enjoy this walk