Deep, slow rythmic breaths 
holding each inhale three total steps,
steady, the sound not unlike a metronome click by click,
not, the only soul in this familiar morning breaking dawn,
without urgency, on my behalf i soak this life in,
it’s known, comfortable pace relieves this body’s aches,
price, worth the means to this morning’s journey end.
 
In Hope, I’ve trusted repetition 
to keep mind and body sharp through reps,
tension, in my bladder feet i lift placed surefoot on cliffs,
unthinking, how could that indicate some fear it’s gone,
without observation, of the time passing i see again,
ignorance, this my choice i can learn to love for loves sake,
trade, every thought and action for companionship again,
 
Of All, my needless endeavors 
the chasing glory still takes my breath,
trembling, ears ringing lacking oxygen humid and thick,
yes, I’ve run in your draft and find it’s hard running alone,
without your, shadow to pace a soft cadence for my wind,
revelation, i’m not in orbit like a satellite of my own fate,
Agreed, compromised distance linked in both love and pain,
 
Things Will Change, eventually 
we’ve known from conception until joy wept,
certain, truth will not be denied and darkness lifts,
perhaps, years pass then memories make us again long,
without malice, toward misunderstanding by mere men,
prodigal, never occurring to be part of our current state,
Divided, unequally and to us nothing seems truly sane.