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A Long Path
It started from a place I know
Where the nights don't end
It was as any other day
Until I took that first step
Not alone though,
Lost in a sea of faces
I marched forth in crisp morning
Until the road did end
Like a serpent
We slid into the trees
And blazing sun,
And found our path
The sound of feet,
And of inquiry only
Heard among the sway
Of leaf and limb
The occasional battle cry
Rings forth
With a character
Unfamiliar even to me
We are tried
And pressed for time,
And supplies
But dark faces
I thought I didn't trust
Give surprising aid
In a rose coloured way and,
For a moment
I believe
As I am drenched
With a comforting cool
That sends me to the end
Of a long path
where I greet the night
With as many travelers
As my thoughts unfolding,
And find in its wake
That I walked
Through this pain
For my sake.
