It has been a pleasure to walk this way.

It has been a pleasure to walk this way.

The road though at times uneven

And difficult to follow

Was never to be lost,

But in wending,

The chance of divergence and dalliance

Was an ever present

Signifier of danger hidden by disguise

From the sleepy eyed.

With thankful restoration

The deeply defined footprints

Of doubtless travellers

Much more certain

Of their direction,

Definitely sure footed

And evenly matched,

Helped us find a way

And brought a kind of magic

To the unravelling

Of our joint enterprise.

Every turn bringing

A different perspective

A glimmer of something new

And wonderful.

As understanding grew

In consort with the

Flowering of hedgerows

The changing of seasons,

When trees more ancient

And twice times wise

Threw off summer coats

Braving the ebb and flow of

Changing winds

With pride stripped bare,

Their sense of purpose easily seen,

A direction

More clearly marked than not.

With you as my companion

Time has been so well spent

Learning as we grew closer

To the land,

Ways of the world

That reaching journey’s end

Will be nothing but a marker,

A point where we will find

The winding of our ways

Will bring us back

In time again,

To the meaning of our days.