No Walking Boots

Life is a journey

            for which i have no shoes

     walking for miles and miles

     with no resting place in sight

         Couldn't be called a bore

But certainly a struggle

     although for now each terrain

             is a new one

    never climbed the same mountain

    or crossed the same desert twice

    yet the view remains the same

           of an ever stretching horizon 

    sometimes brightened by a dazzling sunset

    sometimes hidden by dark clouds

the bridges i've crossed have occasionally been burnt

   the road ahead is never straight

   the twist and turns are often dizzying 

But still i walk

                      and walk and walk

          or sometimes run but never stop

          and contemplate

    only to pause then carry on

Charlotte Gardiner - June 2006