Companions of the Heart(C)

Down the same path
We walked
Together
You and I

Fog enshrouded
An easy slope
At times a jagged climb.
The evening grew darker
The path
Too dark
Too long
Lonely too.

Down the same path
We walked
Together
You and I

Companions but
Uncommunicative
Easy slope steeper
Velvet night darker
The path
Much too dark
Much too long
Lonelier too.

Down the same path
We walked
Together
You and I

Strange misstep
Stranger’s familiar clasp
Warm reassurance
Secure confidence
The path
Not too dark
Nor too long
No longer lonely


Down the same path
We walk
Together
You and I.