Monday, October 9, 2017

That's Why I Power Walk


Some may wonder why I power walk.
Compulsively, through wind, rain, snow, and of course amazing sunshine.
I walk, and I share out of gratefulness and wonder.
Because the miracle is that I still walk.

For weeks, unable to walk, the scare of youth paralysis.
That’s why I power walk.
And a doctor's heed: Age 40s paralysis might return.
That’s why I power walk.

Aggressive cancer and its lengthy nightmare.
That’s why I power walk.
Another doctor’s heed: Cancer’s return means certain death.
That’s why I power walk.

And bouts of depression and brain fog.
That’s why I power walk.
Pressing through injuries, pain, and sometimes negativity, to live fully, for my family.
That’s why I power walk.

He is the air that I breathe.
He is my stable base.
God's grace is why I live.
His leading is why I move and still have my being.

Given second and third chances at life.
That's why I must make. time. to power walk.


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