Hello Change.

I’ve been here before.
I’ve stared at this door so often.
I’ve been trying really hard to step right through it
I SWEAR!

But wait.
Is it really this door I shall walk through?
Or would there be a better one?
Am I becoming some mediocre bums as I hesitate asking such petty questions?
What if I regret choosing this door?
What makes me think the time is now?
How will I know all that?
HOW?

The reality isn’t that bad over here right?
Who is telling me to change and in what rite?

But wait.
Is it just part of my naive fantasy?
Or is it just part of my sophisticated fallacy?
Either way, either way…
A shake of my head, and with it goes my motivation
A release of my sigh, and with it comes my insulation
Tomorrow I say to myself
Tomorrow I shall not betray myself

Oh come on really?
You believe that hardly?
Nothing will ever change, it’s just a repeat of what was before.
Even if something is new, it will revert to a pattern there was before.

The reality isn’t that bad over here right?
Who is telling me to change and in what rite?

But wait.
Is it just part of my horrific cynicism?
Or is it just part of my pragmatic realism?
Either way, either way…
A shake of my head, and with it goes my will
A release of my sigh, and with it comes my guilt
It is not worth it I say to myself
It is not worth any of myself

Wave after wave
Over and across I go
To what end I don’t know
Under and through I dare
To what depth I don’t care

Every ocean wave is unique and never the same
However familiar, I shall assume never the same
It is never ending until I relinquish it, give no more to it
It is forever swelling and dwindling, doesn’t matter I fight it or roll with it

Hello Change.

Do I love you? Or do I hate you?
Are you good for me? Or are you bad for me?
I am not sure if I should giggle with anticipation
or twitch with premonition
Wave after wave
 
But wait.
What if
I am the wave
I never stay the same
Every “wave”, ever the familiar, never the same

Every “wave”, as it were, ever the unique, never the perfect

I am change
Change is me
Wave after wave
Over and across I go
Under and through I dare
With hope and fear
With triumph and defeat
With joy and sorrow

Wave after wave
This is me, ever undulating, even in the moment of pause and silence
I am change
 
 
 
Written by Sanae Parra
In gratitude to Liza Wolfe, for the gift of grit and resilience