Baseline

Oh,
Now I recall-
There is a place
where I can be candid
despite it all.

All of the, dare I be so honest
Dirty laundry- endless heaps of unfinished
Business
Of every kind
Tying up my time.
Unwinding like a spool of thread
filled with knots
of helplessly ever after
when
Ever
I get the chance.

Happiness is the prize of endurance and
sprinting the undeserved ignorance is bliss of youth
I used to be so good at it- or rather so good at getting injured and not changing.
Now I'm sweating the blend of me and my should be's like a marathon runner
that never trained and is learning on the way
with labored breathing and soreness and also plenty of wow endorphins.

And yet, some love,
Some real good slow cookin love
Fills the gaps between it all.
Between
It
All.

Once upon a time I was literally romanced by the desert.