Maturity

Aging has so many seasons of springs
by countless steps upwards
for mind, body and soul.

Yet they can also lead downward
when time has some lesson to teach,
but there is never a single staircase
one can walk without some unexpected changes
since we can’t control all the options,
merely decide the one that works for us.

I delved into mystery of hand rails
those supports that give us stability
on any direction we choose to take.

If we survive long enough
wisdom is found during our labor
with the hardest knowledge ever gained
is that there is no end to those steps,
a single group always leads to another.

Resting is not the blessing
from all the climbing done,
it is the awareness,
the revelation from having moved enough
to realized you never stop growing,
at least in understanding
as true maturity comes
after accepting ascending is truly essential
because without it
we just never discover all the truths
that come from the experience,
which without moving
would leave us so stagnant
from seeing the familiar every day.