Journey – First Day
We step into the unknown,
we are pilgrims on the first day,
fresh and expectant and still
oh so rooted in our homes, the lives
we think we’re leaving behind
but secretly carry in our trunks,
or the pockets of our pants.
Our faces pivot, forward – the journey,
back – the familiar. Forward, back,
forward... We are
the baby birds, fresh hatched
hunkered in those friendly fragments
shell of home,
fractured around us because
we chose to break out, to go see
what wonder awaits us. How
will our eyes be opened, when
will we encounter the magical,
the holy, the sacred? Will it
speak to us? Or simply
float by, magnificent and silent,
changing us forever, and
everyone will know it. We have
grand expectations, whether
we hide them or not. And what
comes towards us down the road,
growing in power with each eager step
we take, our glorious illusions, shedding
garments, one by one, till we come
face to face with you, Terrible Truth.
© Gyllian Davies
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