endurance
I’m choosing to take the long way home.
I’ve checked the map and studied story after story.
My finger has run beneath every line and I’ve come to realize that even when there are storms in the sky, there are always ways to remain hopeful and dry.
I’ve got enough soul in my step to keep from sinking and plenty of promises that keep me from panicking.
Along the way my dirty hands will continue to fold as I pray.
Maybe I’ll even stumble upon the right words to say.
And today, like it glows at the end of the tunnel, so does the light burn bright inside, reminding me I can take another step.
And I will.
One foot in front of the other with the grace and peace that has led me to be where I am and will take me to where I am going.
And I am going forward and, like I've always found before, I will find that hope has been within me the entire time.
I don’t know what is ahead and I don’t need to know.
I've lived through what is behind and somehow, someway, I stand here alive.
I know where I am going.
And this time, I’m choosing to take the long way home.
After all, I’m going home.
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With hope,
Tanner Olson
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Tanner Olson is a writer, speaker, poet, spoken-word artist, & creator of Written to Speak.
He created Written to Speak to share hope & announce love.