If I stand still
Would the globe that we mark
Slow its rotation
Enough, that I can regain my breath?
Regain my steps, so that I can, again,
Rejoin my place in the race?
If I stand still
Will the sunset rest on the horizon
Long enough to greet
The rising moon? Swoon over her
Glow, and the sparkle around her
Becomes the tinder necessary
To spark this bond?
Or if I stand still
How can my dreams ignite
This reality? A fantasy becomes
A story that takes form
When it is breathed on.
I do not want to stand still
I want to stand for.
For the generations that constructed
Me, and for how it guided my hands
To everything I had built and
Will build.
I stand with every scar
That tried to hold me down.
I do not want to stand still
I want to stand for.