Thresholds

I find myself standing upon another threshold 
Bags packed
Affairs ordered
The past at my back as I stand poised to step into my future 
In this liminal space I wish to pause 
To linger in this brief moment 
Between heartbeats
Between footsteps
To reflect on this transition

I have packed the important things
Lessons
Friendships 
Memories
Love 
Potential 
Hope
I have purged the obsolete 
Pain
Fear
Illusions
Expectations
Obligations
A version of a life I outgrew

I note my era of milestones
Marriage 
Motherhood
Misery greater than a person should ever hold

I will miss the map pin piercing the shape of what has been and always will be home
Marking the places and people that ripened me into the woman I am
Whose stories now inform my mythology 

The second hand strains 
I breathe in one more breath 
Infuse the ether of a fading life
Into the nucleus of my cells
As I complete my crossing 
Into the dawn of my new life

-gws