The Effort

Sunlight streams through an open window

That’s energy. The moment

I can imagine so many events, ideas, outcomes

Yet

My eyes only watch

The mind is racing so many miles

Physically stuck

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What is the mystique around desire

That passion to move forward

Or beyond, letting the challenge

Navigate our delights

How is it that sitting alone

We might contemplate

What might know difference

Letting our lives have purpose

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I watch the sunrise everyone morning

While lying on my back

Feeling the cool energy of daylight

Wondering what is ahead of me

Wishing I might just try

With immediate force

Rather than

The hours of analysis

Trying to decide

How adventurous today’s moments

Might become

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A breeze breathes soft to my skin sense

While my eyes in water continue to seek life