I want it all, that's all

[Day 4]

The world

And everything it offers

Not for me to keep, to stash in my coffers

but to know people and go places

witness the beauty of their embraces

To commit and go all in, stop playing small

That’s what I want, or nothing at all

To take risks and be brave

See people and hear stories

the kind you inscribe on your grave

of loss and the occasional glories

See faces, feel hearts

Honour endings and fresh starts

Be enchanted by moments, allow them to move me

Be humbled by awe, blessed serendipity

The kiss of sun on my face and taste of wine on my tongue

To move with rhythm and the melody of a song being sung

And discover secrets and fears of the chid that appears

When stories of truth reveal the tenderness of our fears

I can’t live a live prescribed, I’ve tried

My story will be unfolding, lived in real time

It’s wild and free and unpredictable, aren’t we?

Life, a documentation of a soul alight

Of what took breath away and kept us up at night

I’ll take the unknown over regret of living a lie

Save meaning for making for later

surrendering why

Let’s be guided by the floating feather

And we’ll purge the pain of grief together

That’s all

That’s everything

That’ll do me for now

I’ll leave the rest

For someone else to figure out how

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This post is part of a daily writing challenge where I write a post of at least 300 words every day for the month of April. This is the @my_daily300 challenge which you can participate in and follow via the Instagram link above.