the walls loom high

insurmountable.

and while i know 

you have the way

i am not sure that you will.

~~

you part the sea, 

you flatten walls,

you move mountains

–and you have 

for me. but in this instance

~~

the battle has gone on 

far too long. and i am 

tired. and while i know that you 

do everything in your time,

i wish your time was now. 

~~

but then it occurs to me 

that just like in every part 

of life, focusing on the problem 

is exhausting.

plotting the solution 

~~

is overwhelming.

and that life is best lived 

today, now. so, i stop 

and breathe, extend my hands

and remember, that in this moment 

~~

in time you are always right here. 

and that no matter how long 

or high or wide this wall, 

that right now, even now, 

with you i am on holy ground. 

~~

©Heather Pound 2023

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