Water From the Well

 

Image by Deborah Koff-Chapin
(link below)

Traveler

walks through the woods

carrying water from the well,

with which to

give drink and sustenance

to other wayfarers.

She has a kind smile.

She gathers everyone in.

She loves people.

Then she retreats to her cave

for replenishment,

where solitude and silence

are her best friends.

Traveler

needs trees and water,

in whatever configurations,

in order to live.

She can crowd herself into

the tiniest treehouse,

the better to savor

the singing etudes of the forest

and the larking, joyous

perambulations

of the river's song.

Traveler

is now coming

to the end of this journey.

Another pathway beckons

as the morrow dawns.

She is all filled with wonder

at the passage she has made.

She knows now

that she is not alone,

that Beings are guiding

her every step

from the Great Beyond.

An old Traveler poem for Susan's prompt: The Journey. In 2011, Elizabeth Crawford and I took a Soul Card Journey together. During the month of April, each day Elizabeth posted a card from the artist Deborah Koff-Chapin at  https://touchdrawing.com/. I started tapping the keys, like I was taking dictation. It was an amazing journey resulting in my small book of Traveler poems.