Be the change you want to see in the world.

                                          - Mahatma Gandhi

Will I ever feel it once again?

Moving as free as the wind 

Running with pure abandon

Grace and determination personified

My heart bleeds heavily

For I was all those things and more

Those days may well be gone

In the past never to be captured

Only memories to be cherished

A tear streaks down my cheek

To grieve for what once was

And what will never be again 

i can't see straight...

my moment of recollection...

from inebriation is a glimmer...

of what could be...

and which has not come to pass...

the future upon me like...

an effervescent veil...

mesmerizing me to the core...

controlling every aspect of my being...

screaming of what needs to be done...

and the consequences of inaction...

that tortures and teases...

i need a breath...

to take in a feeling of  peace...

of pure uncensored delight...

I secrety look over to where you are

To gaze and admire you from afar

Surprised to see you before me this night

What is it about you that feels so right?

Greetings and pleasantries are quickly exhanged

My outward calm and frenetic emotions get rearranged

By the way you move, your look, your eyes

My heart starts to flutter and my soul starts to rise

I try to help you and reach for what you are looking at

While you are retelling stories about this and that

I push it towards you to give you some ease

We touched hands and felt the heat release

Then, it dawns on me hitting me with pure clarity

That me finding you again is a gift and a rarity

This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Farewell; my blessing season this in thee!
                                                  - William Shakespeare