Staying, Leaving, and Becoming

Learning to stay; Learning to leave

If I could make it around the corner,
If I could just get past that traffic light,
If I could weave my way through that crowd,
If I could hold my breath past the puddle,
If I could make the journey home,
Then a perfect love is continued, full, and alive.
Then we are complete, together-ly apart, and happy.

And If learning to stay and learning to leave,
has root in this moment-presence, then here I am. Ready.
Ready for the next step towards this staying and leaving.

BUT if life is simply learning how to stay and how to leave:
........................every moment of every day......
Staying and Leaving that emotion of delight or regret,
........................that flash of discovery or awe,
........................or that person you hold most dear.

THEN, I will chose instead to become;
never staying and never leaving.
Ever-here; and always

Becoming,
-- Elliott