Journey
The walk through desert
was many miles,
each step a day,
and my legs ached
from the weight
of my body,
all the dreams of you
a manifestation
I could see and touch
(if only in my
imagination) for
you were real to
me, a child to father
before I was a father,
and I had to trust
what I knew but did
not understand: you
were carrying me
even now my child
who loved, so loved,
the world.