The Horizon Poem by Mwenyeji Spikes

In the eyes of the children, the horizon is bigger
As we grow older the horizon grows smaller and smaller
The possibilities or turning over the leaf yet yonder ahead
As lessons, regrets and hopes get intricately intertwined the hope dash

A sense of loss of the childhood innocence is fast replaced with dedication to duty
In the horizon we had hoped and work for assurance of stability and prosperity
Look what we have here, the weight of the world on our burden
A crooked path we had hope fate would lay strait one day but now we walk in circles

With the same curious spirit of a child and open heart to love we can widen the horizon
The things that make us who we are we shall fight to keep intact for that was the intent
The purpose for which we are create we shall embrace and see the horizon expand
Living day to day with intent and awareness of who we are shall make the horizon even more clear

If we stand in the way of ourselves our clarity is blocked and the veil won't move
The possibilities of a life we hoped for remain to be just that, nothing but wishes
Why not embrace action and work with the universe that makes magical the beautiful blue horizon
If we know self and live with love and understandings that days of our lives would be full of depth