The Same Rocks

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The same rocks/ la misma piedra

There is a path
That we walk throughout our life
Full of obstacles
Full of surprises
Full of emotions
Full of things that frighten us
Full of things that please us
Full of things that amaze us

In this path
that we walk
called life
sometimes there are rocks
little ones
big ones
boulder sized ones
pebble sized ones

Sometimes we trip over them
and we fall
hoping to get caught
but we land
right on our face
tripping
falling
over a rock

we get up
we dust off
shake it off
say "i meant to do that"
embarrassed get up
keep on walking
on that rocky path
called life

we must learn
not to trip
and fall
and hurt ourselves
over these rocks
sometimes these rocks are visible
sometimes not
nevertheless, learn to not trip...over the rocks

but more often than not
we make full circle
and come upon the rocks
once more
and once again
innocent mindedly
we trip and fall
and get hurt.

time to not walk in circles
as to not trip and fall
and stumble and plunge
to the hard hard ground
where no one will catch us
just because we chose
to trip over the same rocks
over and over again...

time to keep moving forward
avoiding the rocks
skimming the stones
going around, walking on top
jumping
skipping
hopping
over the rocks that trip us and hurt us

the end.

ECP = 10-21-2009