i will never be too tired to search.
i will never be exhausted enough to give up.
i will never be motionsick.

when the mountain is too steep, i will stop and examine the path.
when the night is too dark, i will ask my community for a candle.
when the distance is too great, i will invent new methods of movement.

and i will move, i will walk and carry and lift,
i will dance and sway and swing,
i will feel the flex of the muscles across my shoulders
and love the burn in my thighs as i climb.
and i will be still, i will remember to pause,
i will take stock and account for all the moods of myself,
i will watch the wide world
and catalog all the wonders i am privileged to witness.
and i will speak, i will argue for you and with you,
i will use my words as a sword,
i will examine and analyze and decide and declaim
and build cityscapes out of stories.
and i will listen, i will give you my undivided attention,
i will hear your message and your intonation,
i will take in your words with consciousness
and i will love you for the journey you have taken.