Stop

stop walking for a minute
i want you to turn around
and look how far you've come.

Stop

stand still for a minute
i want you to look back
and see how much you've traveled

i know that you are tired
and want some place to rest
but for a minute, please,

Stop

look over mountains, through forests
across bridges, through tunnels...

Remember?

remember when you loved so hard
it hurt?
and you cried and cried until
the tears could no longer
fall
and you learned to endure
the pain?

Stop

because what i want you to remember
has nothing to do with when you were
giving up
but everything to do with the
moment you
began.