what's it all for?

:

sweat

labor

tears

getting up

going away

returning

stress

tasks

bills

degrees

prizes

ego

:

what's it all for?

:

therapy

venting

cigarettes

fences

deodorant

brushing

money

things

leftovers

pills

sewage

showers

:

what's it all for?

:

we're never truly right

we keep messing it all up

trying to peel it back

this for that

that for this

you owe me

I owe you

...why bother?

...why wake up?

...why rest?

...why keep going?

...why try?

...why risk?

...why fight?

...why trust?

:

relationship

:

...with you

stranger, friend, sister, brother

...with you

Earth, hawk, water, sky

...with me

oh my soul

:

messy and humble

hands open

I bow

I breathe

...that's what it's for

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*written in Spring of 2018 by Jonathon Stalls of Intrinsic Paths

*included in Intrinsic Paths Volume 1

*photo: taken by Jonathon Stalls walking the Way of St Francis in Italy

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