The Road Home

Treacherous footing,

Troublesome forks.

Rubble and ruin underfoot -

Riddles laid out in geographical form

All the way to the horizon.

The road home is never an easy one;

If it were, it would not have

Taught you the lessons you've learned,

Given you your stories to tell

Nor shown you all the sights you saw

Along the path.

Know this -

The lack of ease in your return

renders the return itself

all the sweeter.

And so, onward -

Rubble and ruin underfoot;

The horizon beckons,

And Home is nigh.