Life As Travel
Stepping to the beat
dancing in the silence
swaying in the stillness
standing in the storm
step by step
walk the walk
talk the talk
trail the sidelines
crossing pathways
on the tangle
absolute mess
that brings
us all together
travel by the road
on the highway
on a boat
by train
by air
by your ever faithful feet
striding through
or easing by
eyes up
head bowed
rich
poor
slave
free
destitute
crawling to a standstill
picking up speed
the change as life moves
as we flourish
or we die
humanity on parade
no straight lines
or concave walls
no policing
no escpaing
the trails
that waver in and out
the pathways here and there
the construction
and the lanslides
redirecting all the time
as we all travel
travel the complexities of life
the pitfulls
and the escalators
doubling back
or skipping a path
travel down
travel up
intersect
sometimes stop
stop to smell the rain
stop to cry and howl
stop to turn around
stop and slow down
stop and look around
at the knots
and the ties
that seem to run
all roads together