Awakening

 Awakening

I shook you into life.

You didn’t want to move,

safe in your little shell

of known routines and

narrow pleasures.

Been there, done that,

seen that on TV,

don’t need to make it

physical.

Too much mess, too much

planning, too much walking,

too much heat.

Those were your boundaries.

But I persisted,

made you see that

being there was important.

And here you are,

standing at the top of

the tower,

looking down and out at

the glittering world

spread before you.

How do you feel now, eh?

Carole Bollini
July 2019

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