Ground vs Current
Even when you lose your way, it hasn’t lost you
The path is still there for you.
Still in its place.
Concrete. Solid ground.
Leading toward something, whether you can see it right now or not.
Waiting for you to step back on
after stumbling off to the side…
into the dark wooded areas,
into the soft sand,
into a sea of doubt, despair,
tumultuous currents pulling you into confusion.
Look back at where you started.
The path is still there.
You’ve failed… again.
Lost your focus.
With what feels like nothing but loneliness
walking beside your broken spirit.
But sometimes,
the deafening silence of loneliness
is what drowns out the music around you.
Listen.
Listen to the soft-spoken voices
that remind you of your worth,
spoken gently,
with an arm wrapped around your shoulders.
Listen to the ones
who call out your name with zeal as you pass by.
Not one of them is obligated
to give you a single breath of encouragement.
But they do.
Because they see something in you.
They’ve been lost before too;
just in different ways.
That support?
That’s energy.
Energy meant to guide you
back toward where you’re meant to be.
Keep going.
The path is still there for us.
The detours.
The roadblocks.
The reckless drivers of life
moving only for themselves.
Who are they?
The ones still lost,
ears covered,
blinders on.
Wild cards without direction.
Without meaning.
Maybe some will find their way.
Maybe some won’t.
But not you.
Not us.
We’ll move forward,
hand in hand,
with intention.
And the current?
It will carry the rest away
