Heavy weight

Heavy feels

Feels channeled

Feels the bar

Bar cold and knurling digs

Bar clutched, safe in hands

Hands now calloused and worn

Hands steady, energy calm

Calm the storm raging inside

Calm the darkness that I hide

Hide with a smile and a wink and shrug

Hide all the times I wish to see blood

Blood on hands while children weep

Blood of the holy as they slaughter the sheep

Sheep in the pen, trusting and new

Sheep in my head bleating their fear

Fear here is tested

Fear here is real

Real as in terror of limits unknown

Real as in terror of what is below
Below the surface waters churn

Below the conscious a fire burns

Burns the embers, soul alight

Burns the demons that haunt the night

Night vast, dark and deep

Night breaks through what I need

Need explosive power now

Need calls forth the demon here

Here is the time and

Here is the place 30

Place the burden of years on my back

Place my feet steady, ready to attack

Attack the doubts and the dread and the like

Attack with speed and conscious mind

Mind your body

Mind your soul

Soul is rough and trodden and fights

Soul cries out as beauty unfolds

Unfolds with understanding anew

Unfolds to reveal the powerful you 40

You who have beaten the odds to be here

You who never knew when to quit

Quit to save yourself the pain

Quit because you’re afraid of making a name

Name they’ll remember and

Name they’ll use to hold you to what they want you to do

Do what feels good and do what feels right

Do what brings your body to light

Light..

Right..