there I was 
froze in time
in mid-stride
I stood in the 
middle of my world (mind)
filled with bad memories,
			and pain

although I was not
made of ice
the coldness in my
thoughts and heart
cooled the temperature
of the salt that was me 
in that moment

I was just stuck there
by my own doing
and he told me not to
look back, but 
like Groundhog Day I 
kept going back and 
replaying 
	the same old moments


I wondered if
there was a way
to get unstuck

if there was a 
way to break
the cycle
and move forward

so there in the 
stillness
of my world (mind)
I prayed
and I released
the past
and I forgave
and I released
the anger
and I loved
and I loved
and I loved
and I loved
until each
grain of salt turned
into flesh and bone,
		and blood
and once again
I was able to move
little by little
but every time
my world (mind)
wants to get stuck
I feel the salt
reappearing
replacing skin and 
bone and then 
I release the past
again
it's a daily process
keeping myself
from turning into that
pillar of salt again
it's so hard to not
look back at what
I'm so used to looking
at – and so I have
find the good things
back there and just
hold them in my heart
and not spend time looking
back; I keep my eyes
forward, my mind
replenished with the
present
and a renewed heart
a rejuvenated spirit.
and a reborn mind


blessing my steps 
as I am able
to move
forward – blessing
my steps as I am
able to move
		forward


move forward
	move forward
		move forward
			move…