Excruciating Joy

Pulling…

My shoulders about to dislocate from my body

My hands blistered,

Hanging on.

Then push….

I snap back,

I hit the wall

I crumple to the ground.

I lay there, still

hoping the pushing and pulling

just stops.

I want excruciating joy.

That’s all.

171I took this picture of sunrise over the Inter-Coastal Waterway from the town dock in Long Boat Key, Florida.