sometimes you look at your feet
you think where you done walked
you remember the holes you fell in
the times you were underwater
before you learned to swim
you forget you are walking that
the dirt remembers you
you let go of the power in that
in all of that
you let go you look down
watering all that with tears
it’s the world
you standing in the world
you look down
measuring the world
you can’t dream another
because it is all your story
for real it’s the tale of you
it is all true
it can’t be denied
it’s the road you walked to get here
standing on ground that remembers
you while you give away the power
of still standing still breathing not done
still here could just as easy turn my
head look at the sky
remember coming out the water
learning to swim dancing when weary
because movement is life
facing the morning
after praying for the dawn
getting out
getting over
getting out from under
i could look at the sky
dream another world
but sometimes you get stuck
stuck can’t go forward
cause you looking at your feet
you look down into the abyss
you are climbing out of
you recall the bones the hole
is lined with you remember the
hot breath of fear the taste of disappointment
the too late not enough the winning without reward
the debt that can’t be paid
the promise still unkept
of the sheer enormity of
hill you are standing on
where I could turn my head to the sky
count the stars like possibilities
look at the void like an opportunity
for the contemplation of flight with
the wings I been building by pushing
one foot in front of the other
one foot in front of the other
going forward to now
crossing the wilderness of my existence
headed always towards Zion
I could celebrate my pulse
my warm blood
the taste of determination
the ground on which I stand
the hands that lifted me
or I could look at my feet
look at the sky
look at the hills in the distance
look at the all in all
and feel it rumbling in you
holding your hand
calling your name
saying go forward
movement is life
the ground remembers you
remember how you walked this
far remember you are
remember the story is still
being written
look up
go forward
one foot in front of the other
into tomorrow
look up
one foot in front of the other
into tomorrow
look up
