Always Looking Further Poem

Always Looking Further

You lay out your emotions before my very eyes

Like folding out the laundry after it has dried

It sure has been a long way we have come so far

Yet you still see it your way; and so here we are

You’re always looking further; causing me to do the same

I guess if you were not here in the past I would remain

In your eyes I see the promise of brighter days ahead

But I still know where I came from; so I’m careful where I’m led

The efforts that I’ve made have not been in vain

Planning my next moves, I prepare for the rain

You’re always looking further; into the great void out there

I gaze out in the distance, and I wonder as I stare

If I take a new direction, then I can say that I tried

If I stay right where I am now, will my hopes be satisfied?

Still I look on to the future, with a smile on my face

I see the gifts that each day brings me, and I thank God for such grace

You’re always looking further; and now I know the reason why

It’s the force within that drives you, while others just sit by

So if it’s not the same the second time around

At least I can say there’s such great truth I found

                                             Photo from Luke Stackpole (@withluke) from unsplash.com.  Lyrics my own. Thank you.