Commitment

Flexible and strong were the roots
that breeched my feet and
sowed themselves into the ground beneath.

From the Mountains of Xìan
to the Panamanian Reefs.

I made 10 instantaneous short
yet deep breathes like I had never lived;
it was orgasmic.

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And,
at the same time,
tragic.

How much you will lose
when you commit
to gain is traumatic.

Commit, despite old habits.

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