Are you Ready for a Life like this: I want to Know Via Alexa Torontow

I want to know.

I don’t care where you are from

What you do for a living

Or who you know

I want to know

If you can stand in the fire of your own truth

I want to know

If you can keep your feet on the ground

And your breath steady

When life gets almost incomprehensibly hard

I’m not asking you to build me a house

Pay the bills

Or compromise your life vision

I’m asking for your unwavering respect

Your absolute truth

Even if it’s not always what you think I want to hear

I’m asking for your courage

To stare directly into the eyes of the unknown

Into your fear

And not look away

I’m asking you to stand by my side

When I have those moments of collapse

Questioning everything that I think I know

I’m asking for you to be flexible

When life gets messy

When things don’t go according to plan

I don’t think I’m asking for much

Just the necessary ingredients

Of the type of life I want to live

And the kind of people I want to live it with.

Author: Alexa Torontow

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2016/11/i-want-to-know-poem/