A Monumental Alteration

A shift
A tiny, but monumental transition that changes your life as a whole
A snap from a whip like a quick shot of cold
A rift
A separation that opens your eyes to the parting of your ways
A thumping heartbeat like a clue to a maze
A gift
A fragment of consideration that brings you out of your gloom
A generous smile like a flower in bloom

It will find you and bind you and tear at your heart
It will display itself before you like a great work of art
It will be subtle at first then grow deeper with time
Until it has dug through your thick, ugly slime.

You will blink, and smile, and your heart will grow louder
You can accept it, embrace it, or just watch it flounder
You can choose to alter, shift, and clean up that rift
Or just quietly observe your life swiftly drift

I pray
For a shift
For an eye-opening
For a realization of how shallow we live
For an understanding of honesty between each person
For a change in perspective that allows for the humility of self
For an epiphany that alters our life’s goals and purposes
For a permanent agreement of equality
For an alteration
For a change
I pray