Journey

Oaxaca, Mexico

I am on a journey

and at times it seems incredibly long.

I feel like I am climbing up a mountain

but will never reach the point of ecstasy.  

People say to enjoy the process, 

savor the moments, 

stop to look around and take it all in.

It is not always easy to do when you know

what you ultimately want to experience,

and when you feel in your heart

exactly what you are longing for.  

It's not easy when you had a taste of something

so sweet and you can't seem to find that delicacy again.

The mountain seems steeper and steeper 

as the days go on.  

You get out of breathe more quickly and 

fall with your head held down in despair.

Will you ever make it to the top?

Will you ever see, feel, experience

that kind of beauty again?

The journey seems so long, 

so hard, 

so strenuous.  

But the only thing you know how to do

it so keep on going.

And so you do.