TO TRAVEL IS TO LIVE
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by @margie_chala
TO TRAVEL IS TO LIVE
“To move, to breathe, to float
To gain all while you give
To roam the roads of lands remote
To travel is to live”
- Hans Christian Andersen
You crave your escape
Running away
From anything holding you back, from closed minds and eyes shut
From the sensation of getting lost in a chaotic, dead end labyrinth
You breathe – not so much
You live – not so much
You grab some clothes and run to the airport
On the plane
You close your eyes
And as you open them, the ground, the people, anything holding you down
They fade away
And as they do
You breathe in your first true breath in a while
Your senses heighten
You feel that the world is infinite
And so is your potential
And the grand, beautiful moments you can live – infinite too
You are a tiny something in the infinite of your world
And at the same time you are everything
In front of you nothing
You sink in its desolate emptiness
Time stands still
And you are a clock melting inside it
You let yourself learn about this new destination
Learn about its people
Embrace new ideologies and new ways to see the world
Learn the world from the beginning
Like an infant
As if you don’t and never knew anything
You dream about discovery, new sensations
You open the windows of your soul
You let in all the beauty that’s out there
That’s already inside you
You lose yourself only to find it again
So you can become richer – in experiences, images, feelings
Your spirit is a light, white feather
Nothing and everything belongs to you
Now you can come back
Liberated from anything that was holding you back, the weight now insubstantial, and your misery gone
Now you’re ready to face every day as a new challenge
You’re ready to take in the people around you as a newfound family
Every moment as a whole lifetime
Yourself as a new, exciting human being
Who sees the world in a different light
That world out there
But, most importantly
The world inside you
And now open your eyes
You made your journey a remarkable one –beautiful as life
Margaret Chala
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