You Ask, “What Is It That Makes You Come Alive?”
Sky Collection Quote Prompt №38 Response
Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
— Howard Thurman
Come Alive
With pencil and tablet, I walk out to the pasture
around grandma’s house
keeping an eye open for cows and stickers.
The shade of a lone cedar calls my name —
I settle into the snuggly grass
to think
to gaze
to wonder
to write words.
A distant memory reminds me
why words continue to swirl,
speech bubbles of ideas
looming overhead—
words that challenge, cajole,
caress, comfort.
You ask, “What makes me come alive?”
The music of words, the words in music,
melodies and stories swarm
looking for a place to land.
In dreams, I go back to a peaceful pasture
blowing dandelions
listening to songs of birds I cannot see —
