Healer

I have met a healer.

‘Have you ever felt strong? Fearless?’ - she asked. ‘No?’
‘Then pin your gaze to the horizon.’ – she said. ‘And start walking.
Keep your head levelled.’

’After a while you will see; everything starts to blur.
Set the pace of your heartbeat, and march.
Bystanders will become nothing but blurred background; shop displays will be distraction no more.
Keep your sight set, whatever direction you choose.
Only then you will feel their presence.
Other humans marching the same direction as you.
Some will turn on the way, some will stay.’

‘Do you get it now? Life as it is, has no goals.
Even death is not a finish line.
Life just IS.
There's no escape from reality, but only you can create your own.
You need to stare at the horizon and keep marching.
One step after the other.
Your muscles will burn, your heart thump.

But only then, you will feel strong.
And fearless.’

Edinburgh, 2024