When the Horizon Opens

It happens like the sun spilling over the ridge
Slow at first, then all at once
Flooding the fields in gold so bright
You can hardly tell where the sky ends and the earth begins
Every color feels alive, every breath a hymn

The path that once seemed endless and winding
Now stretches behind you, a ribbon of victory
Each stone and scar a jewel in the crown
You wear without knowing when it was placed
For somewhere along the way, the struggle became strength

You step into the life you once only dreamed
And it feels both brand-new and achingly familiar
As if you have returned to a home you built in secret
Long before you knew its walls or its windows
Long before you could imagine the view from here

There is laughter in the air, warm and easy
The kind that settles in your bones and stays
Faces you once yearned to meet now stand beside you
Opportunities bloom like wildflowers under your feet
And the wind carries the scent of everything you’ve hoped for

You walk forward without hurry, without fear
Every step an act of gratitude
Every heartbeat a song of arrival
And you know this is not the end of the road
But the beginning of a new one, crowned in light

For the horizon is not a line to reach
It is a gate that opens again and again
And each time you pass through
The world expands to hold even more joy
Than you believed it could