Roads for the Wind by Andrew Wallace
No matter
the path you choose
or how long
the journey takes,
or how many times
you have to change course
because you are lost
and can’t find the words
to retrace your steps–
just keep going.
Even on the days you
find it hard to breathe
as every word feels like
it’s closing in, or on
the nights spent alone
searching for your voice
in the darkness,
stand firm, gather what
you need, leave
no stone unturned —
for if a poem
is to truly take flight,
it will do so
at its end.
_Bison Jack
Wise words beautifully arranged by Bison Jack and shared on the Savannah Missed Connections a few years ago (although it now feels like several lifetimes have passed since then…). They inspire and motivate me just as much today as they did back then.
