The Discovery

We travel through life as seekers of the illusive
looking in distant places through windows of others
with unrealistic imaginings we wander
taking unfamiliar pathways towards the unknown
adventurous spirits howling at the wind
risking all for the ultimate and it eludes
as we leave rumpled sheets and empty glasses
our own inadequacies and longings are our guides
and onward we continue our destination unclear
shattered hearts and foggy windows are our footprints
and without a backward glance or thought
we venture onward looking for the next mystery
endeavoring to be the puzzle solvers of life
and then there comes a day with bright dawning
and a road before us is straight with markers defined
always there but never traveled till that moment in time
it is then that we solve life's mystery
not a puzzle, not a dream, but our reality
the truth we have been searching for
our own completeness, not to be found in another
but all through our journey patiently waiting
safely sequestered within ourselves.

© 2001 Marcia Miller-Twiford

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