Follow

We think to follow is to swallow who we are

We think to follow is a hollow endeavor

But to follow is to find

Fullness fearlessly forward

It’s to step boldly beyond the barriers of radical independence

Where “I’ve got this”

Isn’t a point to prove

Or a pantomime parody plea for help

To follow isn’t synonymous with “to question”

The lesson isn’t to lessen your capability

It’s to set aside your need of being able

Letting someone else have a seat at the table

When I set aside my need to lead

I find a wisdom and freedom I seldom

Noticed before as I raced to be first out the door

Because behind the leader things are sometimes clearer

Where my only concern is one foot in front of the other

Enjoying the surprise of what we discover

Gone is the interior churning

About which way I should be turning

To follow is to no longer wallow in the way

When I’m not worried about

Navigation, location, direction

I can focus on connection

I am free to be more fully me without that worry

I am not lost when I follow

I am not weak when I follow

I am not incapable when I follow

No. Found, strong, and able

That is the label

Rejecting the fable

That like mindless mutton

I meander without a gander up from the ground

You see, I have found one worthy to fall in step behind

So far from resigned, my whole life has aligned

With the one who calls me by name

In a sweet trustworthy refrain

And as my ears perk up at the sound

There is a percolation, resonation, reverberation

Deep within

To follow is to find

freedom

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