Monday, February 9, 2009

Run Towards!

The MEME EXPRESS suggestion for today is 'RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!'

(A new set of Family Photos on my PLUS blog)

RUN TOWARDS!

Run for your life!
A phrase which  must needs be shouted!
Death approaches!
The felon,
The wave,
The wall of flame!
Harrison Ford
Running from the boulder!
Or
Run for your life!
An urgent admonition
To be energetic,
Healthy,
Muscular,
Young
And in the race!
Run from Sydney to Mudgee
As my illustration
Exhorts you to do!
But what if it were not to mean
'Running From'
Or 
'Running In'
But 
'Running Towards.'?
Forget fear!
Forget competition!
Replace 'Run' with 'Strive'.
And let 'strive' encompass
Write, 
Paint,
Act,
Sing,
And Love in all its forms.
So long as it is a move Towards Life
And not from it.

1 comment:

Kat said...

One of the best motivating poems I've read...!!!!

and the direction of run is the most important..

"....So long as it is a move Towards Life
And not from it."

Feeling so inspired today. You made my day.

(still on board - looking forward to tons of poems about travel - you have an eye for details..!!)