Disturbing the Air

May 8, 2012 at 3:14 pm · Filed under Good stuff, Mostly true, Poems ·Tagged Charles L. Mashburn, finding our way, http://dversepoets.com/2012/05/08/open-link-night-week-43/, life, poetry

Sometimes life throws you fastballs, sometimes curves, and sometimes a big ol’ change up comes floating across the plate, and you swing at it three times before it plops into the catcher’s glove. The following poem doesn’t have anything to do with baseball, but it has a lot to do with life, and sometimes as we struggle along our way, we feel like we’re just disturbing the air.

Disturbing the Air

 

Too easily distracted

I often find myself

In the midst of life’s battles

With no shield or armor

 

Swept along in the current

Of worldly affairs

I find myself defenseless

On the outside of my stronghold

 

And so it is on this day

I struggle to define the difference

Between things that matter

And things that do not

 

Many times finding them intertwined

Compounding my confoundedness

But I refuse to give in

And continue to seek knowledge

 

Looking eagerly forward to the day

When the difference—the way

Is clear and I can focus

On those things that truly matter

 

The day I can march boldly

Shield and armor of faith in place

Toward my destination

Without sway diversion or doubt

 

Alas… that day… is not today

 

Copyright © 2012 C. Mashburn

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