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Winter Solstice
Day & night in Tokyo
It’s a cold morning in Tokyo.
I’m running on the track at the park near my house.
I have freedom to move and breathe,
All I want or need, gives me
Peace in my heart and soul.
Sometimes we need to shake things up, put ourselves in a
New environment to break free from the past.
Just put ourselves there, don’t think.
I needed to run. To stop thinking, and
Break from this cycle.
Tears came to my eyes as I pushed hard on my last lap,
Not caring anymore about the rules,
About the past, about what I feel in my body,
Only trusting what I feel in my heart, and what I know is
I’m okay, and the future is bright.
It’s a blessing just to be alive.
I won’t just turn over,
Give up on myself and the life I dream of living.
I’ll push, I’ll run, again and again I will get up and go.
My mind will tell me to be easy.
But it’s not in my blood, not who I am,
I’m on earth to live with every fiber of my being,
And I’ll never settle.
We must fight
For our sanity, our
Peace.
Our light.
If we don’t, nobody will.
