Forward

I'm walking forward.

Thoughts, memories, feelings

all swirl around me in colors

some bold, some soft

some cruel, some kind.

There is room for them all

in my awareness.

But they are not who I am

they are particles

floating around me.

I am walking forward.

My gait is relaxed, my knees are bent 

my hand is open

I have a backpack because I am prepared

ready for the future

I am walking forward