Beyond the Telegraph Road

“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” - Albert Camus

a poem about a commitment to a fallen friend , 

- honored -

Beyond the Telegraph Road

The telegraph road circled through the foothills,

arising towards the majestic mountain high

It’s been a long and twisting passage soon forgotten,

with the pavement abruptly dead ending,  
just below the timberline

The dawning blue sky’s heavens look so much closer now

Just a step away from standing within reach                                  

The birds uplifted on the telegraph wire rest atop me;

perched overhead on the final material traces

disregarded by an indifferent world

My awakening soul is ascending 

beyond the distant alpine horizon  

At the threshold of a trackless pathway, 

climbing up above the clouds

It’s exhilarating to look back and know

there is no turning back around

I’ve never been higher

and can never get back down

What unknown frontier lies in wait before me now?

Just on the other side of the impossible dream?

The last step forward to find the next step beyond the bounds

There is not that much that changes,

when we just repeat the same old song

The atmosphere’s thin air leaves me gasping for wings

Like dust and ashes free to soar with the tempest breeze

 If only time would sever these loathsome ties that bind

The ones that enchain the weight of this load unto me

While understanding the pace to a long journey’s rhythm

The only barometer you have to trust is in your heart

Adaptation is at the core of freedom's survival

But it feels almost like running away   

I have felt the fear of falling with nothing left to lose

I’ve climbed as far as flesh and bones can reach

I've come this far always feeling subtly afraid

It has been a great distance back from the beginning;

knowing I must take these last steps alone.

Understanding it was love that brought me here

Naturally tugs at the spirit in my soul encouraging me on
I'll keep searching for the shining light of guidance
Listening for a voice that softly beckons me home...

Standing in Majestic’s shadow ©  2012~2013 … Harlon Rivers  …All Rights Reserved

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