Exhaust Your Soul Poem by Leah Ayliffe

What a wonderful thrill
Teetering the line between reality and dreams
Unsure of what is real.
Are you real?
Have I performed the dance of truth
Being portrayed on stage for the world.
Silence and smiles is all I know.
Laughter comes like sunshine in a rain storm,
A vehicle, a tool, to be heard like a scream of madness.
Thought control, never reaching the lips,
Trapped in the mind.
I don't think it's as complicated as it sounds.
I want to be here now.
This is not all I'll ever be
Or all I'll know.
I know time is a god who graces happiness if we open up our souls
To let the light in, to let it shine out.
Sometimes it's hard.
We are taught we need other people to feel complete
That human connection is the purpose of living.
It could be real.
I think it's less real in the way that they project it on the screens.
We are all connected, but distracted,
Restless for more, yet a willing slave to routine.
What does this all mean?

Everything is connected.
When I send a thought to you I believe you will feel it.
The grass and the air will soak it up and find your body
And you will feel the impact, an electric shock.
You will feel the goodness I want for you,
For the whole world.
Can we all awaken to the possibility
That we can be whoever we want to be
And go where we desire to go.
Things are in motion again,
I can feel it in each breath, in each second
Each sunrise and sunset.
The snow globe world is shattering and the water is leaking.
Those inside are beginning to understand they were drowning all these years, all these lifetimes.
They just didn't know.
How could they know?
Air is filling the lungs, giving breath to new ideas.
There is much more out there,
Run for it, take everything you want,
It's yours if you ask.
Be kind, be gentle, and give all the love you have.
Exhaust your soul.
Create and create and create
with passion of gold.
Exhaust your soul.
That is what we were made for.
Teetering the line between reality and dreams
when neither exist.