Traveler By the River

[photograph by Albert J. Valentino at pbase.com]

Traveler

has not yet

finished

traveling.

She is as

weary

as the path

is long.

She'd like to

sit on

the soft moss

at the base

of this tree

beside the river,

and simply

listen

to the water's

flow.

But that is

not the

way of

traveling.

There might be

something

around

the next bend

she needs

to see.

There may be

some truth

that she has

yet to learn.

Hoping there

is time, yet,

before nightfall,

she hoists

her pack

once more,

and

journeys on.