Never Stop

Never stop running, just keep on going. Don’t run away, though: there’s nothing that can defeat us, so why run from a challenge? No, just run for the joy it brings. The wind in your face sweeps past and heads to faraway lands, taking with it the scent of sweat and happiness. Because happiness can be sustained beyond the activity producing it. The city waves goodbye as you break out, and the trees sway gently, turning sunshine into oxygen, which you don’t need any more. Stop, and arch your back. Yell out to the world that you were born on a ship surrounded by apples; which you weren't, but who cares? You’re free now! Run to the nearest cliff, and jump off. Once you hit the water, don’t stop. Swim for all your life, never stop! Just keep going, marveling in your magnificent body that won’t ever stop. You can go forever! Ever, ever, ever! The walls of the canyon cheerfully yell back at you. Keep going, past golden palaces and dirty factories, past all of humanity. This world isn’t big enough! Finally, as you near the end of an African desert, you jump! You jump for joy, and decide that the air is much better than the ground, so you stay there. You go higher, climbing up through clouds. Even though the sun is shining, the higher up you go, the darker it gets. The sun! That is the answer! You fly to the sun, not needing wings or rockets or hang gliders. You laugh as the sun touches you: it’s so warm and bright! You head in deeper, feeling that this is it. Finally, you reach the center of the sun, the center of the universe. This is it. This is home.