A Road Littered…… (7Pi7D)

by biscuitinabasket on January 30, 2009

Change;
(Noun), “Change is a-coming!”
(Verb), “Change the subject, please.”
Simultaneously effortless and impossible.

The path to transformation is littered with debris,
including a million lists of tasks to be done,
a few epics containing dreams to be realized,
and a lengthy playbill of the people I’ve disappointed.

A lonely trail,
one in which I seek only my own company
because I am too afraid
to see myself in the eyes of my loved ones.

An unlit road,
where I go through the motions of the day
as if under a cloud,
and I feel I really should have just spent the day in bed.

It comes like a hot flame,
shining a light on the scars within,
guiding me towards the Only One who will hold my hand,
burning to bits the debris of a former life.

Making it so
I can breathe
again.

Change is not easy,
and if I achieve it,
I’ve waged a most meaningful battle.
I can’t change the world, but I can change myself.

This was a Nomadic production from Digital Niqabi.

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{ 8 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Katherine January 30, 2009 at 1:53 am: Wow
2 Thrice January 30, 2009 at 3:41 am: I love this! who wrote it????
3 biscuitinabasket January 30, 2009 at 9:47 am: @DigitalNiqabi @Thrice

Sorry guys, I think the save was incomplete on Wordpress, or maybe I didnt grab the whole text….

Either ways, all is here now!
4 Marwa January 30, 2009 at 11:32 am: Teej. I gave you an award. see it
5 biscuitinabasket January 30, 2009 at 2:44 pm: “An unlit road,
where I go through the motions of the day
as if under a cloud,
and I feel I really should have just spent the day in bed.”

I love this… really really love this!

I would love to pass this on to so many people who “wished” that they could change. Your poem (can I call it that?), so clearly describes that it’s not easy, but it’s worth the effort!

Thanks for contributing, I really enjoyed this!
6 hfm January 30, 2009 at 3:10 pm: This is beautiful!
7 Digital Nomad January 30, 2009 at 8:05 pm: I’m glad you guys liked it…now that’s it passed the acid test, I can post it on my own blog sometime

You can call it a poem…and you can pass it on And, thank you for sharing your blog so openly!
8 outcastrebelchic January 31, 2009 at 6:34 pm: “Change is not easy,
and if I achieve it,
I’ve waged a most meaningful battle.
I can’t change the world, but I can change myself”

I think to change the world, you have to change yourself first

A Road Littered…… (7Pi7D)

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