Baggage

We are conditioned 

To carry baggage,

From kindergarten 

To work!

 A small desire,

Cascading and going

Haywire! 

Carrying learnings

And yearnings,

For decades,

Unable to put it down 

Cause it's in spades! 

Climbing mountains,

Carrying mountains,

Complaining about the weight,

Unable to put it down! 

Scaling great heights,

Regardless of the weights,

Cause the sun shone 

On your brilliance,

It was a dalliance 

That was exhilarating!

But slowly the 

Footsteps slowed,

Dizzy heights deplored!

Every step became .a chore,

Definitely a bore! 

As I paused to think 

What a way to sink, 

A pickaxe did clink 

On that mountain side! 

An old man 

Stretched out a stick,

Giving me a hand!

How much longer 

Are you going to carry 

That backpack on your back? 

Set it down .

It carries the burden 

Of a lifetime of 

Desires,

Of what to hope 

And what you 

Aspire! 

The mountains that are there 

you can climb,

But you cant climb the 

Mountains that you carry!

Set it down and unburden

Yourself,

The child has grown 

And can think for herself!

The conditioning we carry, 

Doesn't let us tarry,

We are just in a great hurry! 

If you listen closely enough,

You can hear the silence 

In your mind, 

And it says 

All you need for the journey 

Is a prayer in your heart 

And a smile on your lips!

Everything else is excess

Baggage!