Clinging to the reins May 6, 2024

   

If you don’t cling to it

You lose it,

These small things

That bring brief joy,

This is the stuff of life,

The so-called distractions

We later realize

Are what we most miss

When they are gone.

We live our lives

Riding dusty trails

Or dusty barns,

Aching to break free

Into clearer air

Clinging to the reins

Of what will never

Turn out to be

A runaway horse,

And yet,

Takes us on

The ride of our lives,

Down trails

We never meant to take,

To places not too far away,

Yet far enough,

The happy trails

Less taken,

Yet desperately needed

At this moment in time,

Allowing us to carry on

When it another light

We might lose it all.


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