He swam across the sea
Thinking that it would change him
1,000 miles of the cold water
And he sliced through it
Without looking back
Determined to change
Fearless in the face of the infinite horizon
He had to change
And he figured that there was no other way
Than to do the impossible
To suffer and keep going
Raging against the tides
Would have to change his mind
He’d chisel a new man out of his soul
A new person would be forced to arise . . .
But
It was to his surprise
That when he crossed the sea
That he still didn’t like the man he could see
No, he still had the same fears
And he still had the same life
He still had the same soul
All he did
Was swim pretty damn far
But everything within him
Stayed exactly the same
And the man figured he’d have to go insane
If he really wanted to change
So
He started to climb Everest
One thing he couldn’t let himself do
Was rest
To him
Everything was a test
Pass or fail
Change or stay stale
Grow or fall behind
Sharpen the mind
Or fall victim to time . . .
So he climbed
And climbed
And step after step
It got harder to breathe
Step after step
It got harder to believe
Step after step
It got harder to live
Step after step
He had to remind himself why he was doing it
Step after step
He battled the wind
Step after step
Nothing changed within . . .
And then
He got to the top
And spent 15 seconds looking out at the world from his view above the clouds
And then
He headed back down
And next
He figured he’d run a marathon
And he did
But when he crossed the finish line
He was still the same person in his mind
And then he thought that he had better head to the moon
Because if he did that
Surely he would change soon
So he built a rocket
And left earth
And he hoped to God
This was the start of his rebirth
But when he got to the moon
And looked back down to earth
He realized that his birth was his birth
That he was who he was
And he forgave himself
For not feeling grand
He forgave himself for ever wanting to be more than just a man . . .
He let go of his unrealistic expectations for himself and everyone else
And he finally felt free just to be
Yes, finally he was free . . . to just be.
CH 3/22/24 (Wassuhhh? Yes, you. Spank you for reading, btw. Bless you and have a good night. I'll see you again tomorrow. Or maybe the next day. )