Momentum does not ask for maintenance, it demands it,
it will not hold its weight unless you stand it
against the friction that accumulates without your noticing,
momentum is not a gift, it is a thing worth fostering.
What momentum does is multiply the force behind the motion,
every step you have already taken feeds the next step with devotion,
but let it stop and you will feel the cost of re-ignition,
what momentum does is make the next mile cheaper than the initial position.
I have broken momentum three times in my professional career,
each time the restart cost me more than twice the forward gear
I had before the interruption, twice the fuel and twice the friction,
momentum is the cheapest currency and stopping is the eviction.
Now I guard it like a watch fire in a very cold condition,
I feed it small advances when the large ones are in transition,
I keep it breathing even when the breathing is just embers,
because I know the cost of cold from each of those three Decembers.