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Reason #1 for Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
I close my laptop.
Turn off the television.
And check the time.
I will read for twenty minutes.
I don’t make it past the acknowledgements
before
I open my laptop.
Reason #2 for Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
Elizabeth says I’m happier on the West Coast.
So if her observations are to be correct
I must, at least for the sake of argument
test its soil
drink its water
and observe its stars
2,668 miles from Campo to Manning Park
for 160 nights, give or take
before settling for the East Coast.
Reason #3 for Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
I’ve done
a ton
of sitting
in my lifetime –
more than I’d like to admit –
and nobody said a word.
The minute
I speak
about walking
nearly 200 days –
admittedly I tend to live in extremes –
everyone has an opinion.
After
hearing enough
I let them
take their shots –
most of them actually do care –
then lace my boots.
We
all
have our reasons
to stay or to go –
for fear, faith, or love –
and my reason to stay is going.
Reason #5 for Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
Having smelled
a great number of motel
and hotel pools
chlorine became a staple
of my youth,
so now,
to balance the equation
like higher education
I will indulge
the scent
of natures stream.
Reason #6 for Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.
I
waste
too much
time
so
it’s time
I let
time
waste
me.
Reason #7 for Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
I’ve never seen a waterfall.
Well, I have, just nothing memorable.
I’ve never walked through desert.
Well, I have, but that was a Vegas vacation.
I’ve never seen a bear.
Well, I have, but that was on Nat-Geo.
I’ve never seen you smile,
like when you’re in the wild.
And that is reason enough.
Reason #8 of Hiking for the Pacific Crest Trail
The lease is up.
The bed is broke.
The plan is made.
The bills are over paid.
It’s time.
Reason #10 for Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.
My mind is made up.
Things are much easier, now
that my mind is made up.
Life is good.
Driving
through
the falling
Louisiana
Texas
Arizona
skies
and life
right now
is larger
than any
self
delusion
brought on
by sorrowful
routine,
life
right now
is good.
Words Of An Average White Male 