solo.
alone with a dream,
but listening,
always,
for a change in the plan.
learning to walk
at a steady pace,
one step
in front of the other,
in front of the other,
not wishing
any of this away.
peace in the way that I walk,
for, at the end of it all,
my life is my walk
and my walk is my life.
Here’s my response for solitude. I’m not saying I always live like this, but I want to! This is inspired by my frustrations at not being able to get much time to do anything creative at the mo and also the impatience for lockdown to end and for everything to be back to normal and also a quote from Maggie Hambling, who I find a very interesting character who said ‘my life is my art and my art is my life’. As christians, it’s about the way that we walk out our lives as much as what our lives are perceived to add up to isn’t it?
elisabeth pike 