There are so many things
I am hoping you’ll realize
as the pages get thinner and
thinner – as you not only near
the end – but feel it so completely
in your soul that this is just
another step along a path you
have been choosing since the
beginning of your story.
But the most important take away
is that wrapping up ideas is almost
never – so rarely ever – as clean and
as tidy and no where near as final as
everyone likes to believe. There is
always somewhere else to go,
something else to say or someone
else left to be. There is always more.
-M. Rene’
It’s sad to think of a full life left undone. Your phrases evoke beautiful images.
It can be heartbreaking. And I may have overdone it in this piece – but my entire “theme” was since the marathon was in september I wanted to lean into suicide awareness and prevention/really emphasize the importance of these conversations – but I was also trying to balance it so none of my pieces were tooo heavy/