Along the journey of life,
At some point,
We stumble upon a
Crossroad,
A choice between existing or living,
You think it’ll be easy, to choose, but
But how does one wager between life or death
Sadness or happiness, love or hate,
Sometimes we leave it to chance, but
If we aren’t careful the choice is made for us

I felt this sudden urge to run!
I didn’t know where I was going
Or when I’d be back or for how long,
I just wanted to run away from it all,
I felt the world an open field, hidden treasure,
The ocean, with glorious waves beckoning
For me to leave the shore,
Freedom and escape reached out their arms, begging me to take hold and grasp

I felt this sudden urge to run
Liked I was being chased by something
What was it?
Reality?
The mundane?
The predictability of it all?
A feeling I knew all too well,
Despised- vomited up, scorned!

You may ask why now?
Why not wait, but I could not
Wait any longer, it was inevitable that
I’d leave someday

I felt this sudden urge
To leave it all behind,
To reach for the unknown
To run so fast, with no direction in mind,
To let my feet take me wherever it wanted to go,
I‘d lost control, but I was never more so in it
Like a plane rising from the Stoney pavement,
Casting myself up in the clouds far away!

Dancing to live music, smiling at the sunset,
Falling asleep to the sight of the stars, seeing the
Four corners of the world, leaping from this
Pitiful melancholy of existence, I needed to breathe,
I felt like smoke trapped in a chimney, brimming to the
Surface, with no escape, like a ship lost at sea

I felt the sudden urge to run,
To bolt off like a cheetah,
To be wild and free
Going wherever life’s winds took me

I’ve dreamt of the freedom of finally reaching
The edge of the world, just the wind in my face
Nature calls to me, a subtle whisper, I’d heed
So it doesn't feel lonely anymore
I was on my way to becoming anything really
Just not this- just not here.