After

Unforced Movement
Moving without trying to improve anything.

Today I wasn’t thinking
about going on a walk.

I finally mustered up the courage
to face the blood pressure cuff.

A great fear of mine
that has developed
for many reasons
over the decades.

I did it,
and was good.

I felt a freedom
that I hadn’t felt
in a long time.

I wasn’t going to walk
because it was raining.

I like rain,
but not lightning.

There was no lightning,
so I decided to go.

I walked in the rain
and ran half of it.

The rain came down,
I got wet,

and running
was not more difficult
than walking. Both felt right.

Both felt free
and new.

It was great.