Hiking Affirmation

Written in verse, but more of an affirmation than a poem.

Why do i like to hike?

Physical exercise,

The view,

Mental release.

Sometimes it’s more about the feeling

than the beauty.

Sometimes the only way to experience the beauty

Is to get to it on foot.

Sometimes the beauty is more magnificent

when you have to work to get there.

Hiking is a release.

Hiking is a tool.

Hiking is a journey.

Hiking is a way to feed my soul.

Hiking touches my soul.

Hiking keeps me human.

Hiking reminds me that

there is more to life than

my little piece of the world.

Hiking and Silence

Headphones.

Want to block outside sounds.

Only want to hear what I want to hear.

Silence.

Crunching of hiking boots

Random chirping

Wind

Breaths in time with footsteps.

Silence.

No need for headphones,

When the only sounds to hear

Are the ones you want to hear.

And sometimes there are no sounds

At all.

You can feel your lungs suck in and push out air,

Can feel your heartbeat,

Feel before hear.

Natural.

Peaceful.

Why do we have to travel so far

To find it.

And then lose it

When someone comes down the path

And doesn’t understand

Why we are there.

Silence

Such a precious commodity.

Not readily available

And it never lasts.

Silence,

A renewable source of energy.

Just need to seek it out

And hold onto it for

As long as you can.

Storm could be coming

The wind is picking up.

The flag across the street is rippling.

Last night a weatherman said a storm was coming.

It’s not here yet.

But soon.

For now, the wind is playing with everything in its path

And the clouds are blowing faster across the sky,

Hiding the blue.

A storm may be coming

But for now

The air is hot,

Skin is sticky,

Rain would feel

Really good.

It's all about the bass

Positive writing
How do people do it?
Writing feelings and worries and inner thoughts
Rarely brings out the happy.
The purpose of venting
is to release inner tension
get rid of the venom
and get on with my life.
And then it is happy time.