year, after year,
season, after season.
Through forest and swamp,
through hill and dale,
through mountain and canyon.
In all the places I have fought,
what rewards were given,
what rewards were sought?
through the snow,
through the rain,
through the burning sand.
In times of heat,
in times of cold.
This time,
this battle,
a river.
Flowing she was.
Gently at times,
violently at times.
I trekked on,
step after step,
crossing after crossing.
After while the boots were removed from my feet.
Bare flesh intimately upon the earth.
With the mosses and the leaf litter beneath me.
She pushed hard,
I pushed harder.
Through the blackberry bramble,
through the laurel,
through the ivy.
Until I found myself,
at length upon my reward.
A great waterfall,
brilliant the cascade was.
And from there I found myself
walking in a great circle.
Searching,
searching,
searching.
That hopeful exit,
that vehicle of my return.
A return to civilization.
Where the mass of men carry on,
working, slaving.
Their misunderstood lives,
their misunderstood desires.
On their backs are carried the burdens of distinguished men.
The great ones being far and few between.
How they seek to be them.
But here in the wilderness,
one can be everything,
and nothing,
all at once.
-MG
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