footsteps treading on gravelly paths

buoyed by new vistas

bidding adieu to familiar avenues

 

gravel crunches

to a destination fresh as dew

to a place beyond fear

beyond despair

beyond empty shells of longing

beyond hopes of hollow belonging

 

the paths taken are

fraught with unknown twists

but the promise of the new morn

thaws apprehension

as fear melts into the shadow of night

to rest in the solace of the soothing dawn light

 

the path is endless though still

the heart seeks its way through the mire

the torn traveller reaches deep

to clothe the naked gloom

embracing the encompassing cloak of hope

though hope is tattered and shredded and torn

the murmurs of dawn herald a new day being born

 

footsteps treading on gravelly paths

buoyed by new vistas

bidding adieu to familiar avenues

 

footsteps…