A Poem: Jewels

"Jewels"

Round and round I go

So much my head begins to spin

Looking for an anchor

Looking for my home

So many ideas pepper the land of my mind

They shine like jewels so precious

Which to choose

Which to grab

My arms so full already

As I pass through the hills and valleys

Up the grade and down the slope

My arms begin to wear

Soar and stiffness sets in

Sweat rolls like the falls in paradise

To the plains I reach 

A sigh of relief comes over me

But the sun shines bright and bother my eyes

I cannot shade them

My arms so full

Hard to see squinting in pain

The temperature drops

The sun fades behind the clouds

And the thunder begins to clap

I hurry my pace to nowhere

Sting my arms cling to those jewels

The wind it hammers

Hardly can my feet stay beneath me

The rain sheets down

Soaked I weigh twice as much

Hurry hurry I run to nowhere

The path now rocky

I try to navigate

But I fall

All is out of my arm

All on the ground now dirty some broken

Release from my body

The stress the strain

Only one of the jewels now shine

Simple and small it calls to me

I pick it up and move forward

My burden light

My hope full

Easy I shall move

The storm has lifted 

Now I can see

I unencumbered 

I move forward and can see

Home