My log of life

Day 4

I'm being too real

my cardinal is coming soon

to take me home 

to the house in the woods

and you're outside the trees

farther than we'd like

seven hours down the path

but only a minute to my house 

in the morning 

I start the journey out 

so I can be there

before the sun goes down

the cardinal is by my door

waiting for me

to sit on my shoulder

to remind me of the pain

I start my trek

waling my own pace

trees block my way

so I climb my way up

to see if the woods 

go on forever 

or if they finally end

in a field of flowers

Just before the horizon 

far, far out there

I see your light 

go on, then off

I climb down the tree 

slightly smiling because 

I know you're home

I know you're ok

the bird reminds me 

that just because you're home

doesn't mean

 you're ok

I walk along the trail 

trying to think

of what to say

when I get there

-12:58 p.m. 5/10/19