the path (ohserá:se' {new year} tekeni poem 2021)

 So, for some reason, I ended up writing two New Year poems this year. One while I was smudging and praying, which I've already posted. And this one, which I wrote during my walk....

the path

(ohserá:se' {new year} tekeni poem 2021)

by

jules f. delorme

we have stumbled often

i have stumbled often

as we walked along the path

we were not altogether

i was not altogether

and we have fallen down often

we have been separated

i have been separated

and we have separated ourselves from each other

it has been a hard year

it has been such a hard year

and we cannot come together to heal

we have lost our way

i have lost my way

and there seems no solid ground to hold us

but the path is there

the path is always there

even when we when i lose sight of it

and so we walk on

so i walk on

we do not stop we will not stop

we shall surely fall again

i shall surely fall again

and we shall surely lose our way

perhaps we shall lose our way together

and perhaps we shall find it together

if we but walk on a little further

for the path is always there

the path is always there

it is but a matter of going on

and if we stumble

if we fall

then we will get back up

i will get back up

and i will walk on

we will walk on

one step

one step

and then the other

it is all a matter of going on

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