Normalcy

First penned in early-2019; reflected upon deeper and completed in 2021:

The waft of normalcy

So heavily potent, yet reeking of necessity

Flowing in through the gaps of car windows

As you inhale, eyes fixed on the road

Instinctively stepping on brakes

Timing yourself from when you'd left home

To when you step into routine

Still thinking about that rushed breakfast

You count the steps 

Leading to ..?

Eyes still heavy from the night before

It is all autopilot now

You breeze through the doors

Of your corporate sanctuary

Unsure of what lies ahead

Yet certain of routine

Amongst many other surprises thrown by life

Settling

No, don't settle

Strive

Striving for a place, a voice, a speck of echo

Permeating through the walls of your cubicle

Carried by the wings of hierarchy

Disengaged, and tethered in many ways

To a place you promised to yourself never to return

One that binds you

Shackles, breaks and

Debunks all possible rationale

"Not today, again"

Not for me, but for Him

All for Him

For glory and submission to His kingship

Doubts, emptied

Fears, freed

The pursuit of wordly affirmation

Remains a futile chase

Or as His word says,

"A chasing after the wind."

Let normalcy

Be the ground that anchors one in praise

Let routine

Shape daily discipline

Owing it to the One who granted breath

Breath

To live, obey,

dying

to self.