walk, write, eat

To the lonely and faint of heart:

walk.

Don’t be afraid – let miles pass

hours

days.

There is nothing to fear.

Walk near water, train tracks, moss

walk lost.

Somedays it takes getting lost to get found.

Walk in the rain, the cold

walk home.

Be in the home of your body

feel what walking feels like in your hips

your pinky toes, your armpits

feel your clothes brush your skin – don’t let judgment in.

Walk until you find something you’ve never seen

it won’t take long.

Walk until you have no idea where you are:

keep going.

Walk until you want to give up:

keep going.

See how long it takes to find stillness of thought:

keep going.

Walk until happiness is the squelching sound of your left shoe

walk until despair doesn’t exist.

Walk until all you can think is littlefeetlittlefeetlittlefeet

and littlefeetlittlefeetlittlefeet and

love.

Feel the vibrations of the ground beneath you

no excuses, nobody has listened in years.

See a magical sand dollar seashell collection

let rain soak you, littlefeet wet, socks felt in shoe

I promise you

won’t melt