Traveler

for my healing to end,
a journey must begin

fierce
inner battle
claims no victor
or spoils of war

i have nothing
am nothing
represent nothing

there is no
deeper message

this form,
a physical avatar
animated by
pure love

emotional being
imprisoned
by ego analysis
and cerebral limits

fear
paralyzed me;
anger
chained me

to an island
of quiet despair

a truth which
cannot be ignored:
i must love
in order to thrive

grounding earth
and sacred shores
call to me

western migration
unknown destination

nothing left behind
but pain, loneliness
and old ghosts

an afterimage
of lifetimes spent
in solitude

my exile is over

love returns
through
conscious
right action

and memory
of a soul bond
so pure
it almost seems
intangible

once again,
the road less traveled
defines
my experience