A Journey

I am moving toward the veil

always moving along

the road keeps me sane

Charting stars and running

Laughing at the rain

Loving you in vain

Family love

warm and familiar

separated by pain

What is fair?

What is there

to learn again?

I had my doubts

my moments of anger

doused by love's disdain

I will pass through

and find what I lost

but what will I have gained?

Author's Note

Image by Tearsoftheamaranth tearsoftheamaranth.deviantart.com

Reviews

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Very intriguing piece aptly ended with a thought-provoking stanza... :)

[Mark]

Thanks for reading Blue :)

[Pryde Foltz]

Family love
warm and familiar
separated by pain

If only we could learn to forgive and do it simultaneously. LOL

[Mark]

ya, I think the best we can do is accept and love. :) thanks for reading.

[icelandicblue]

Through love and pain we learn, but we're not always sure what until long after. What we lose and gain helps us in that journey and it's not always smooth roads and clear skies and sometimes the answers are in the stops that we make along the way. Nicely done.

[Mark]

thanks so much for your thoughtful review :)

[Jack...]

No matter what, there is always a highway that will lead us somewhere...though they are not always coated in asphalt. The cool thing is...there are many we have yet to travel. Very well done Mark.

[Mark]

Thanks so much for reading Jack :)

[Ruth]

The rites of passage of learning and seeking are infinite, it seems...this is a hell of a journey hon...loved it xx

[Mark]

thanks Poppy! I'm glad you stopped by.

[Latifa]

Charting stars and running
Laughing at the rain
Loving you in vain
i like this part the most and the questionning is great

[Mark]

Thanks very much for reading. I'm glad you liked it.

[s y e]

Definitely a journey, life is a journey dudee, I loved this. It speaks to me heaps.

[Mark]

Hopefully a journey with many waypoints before the fin destination.

[Mark]

Final I mean!

[s y e]

I would have guessed, aha. Yes, fingerscrossed, eh?

[Frieda P]

Lots of introspection in this one, contemplating where we've been and how love has formed our lives and attitude always makes for good food for thought...tango on my friend.

[Mark]

Thanks for reading :)

[redflutterby]

Going through a "journey" of my own Mark so my first reaction to this was tears. But on deeper examination I think this piece is about the general journey called life. We are all moving towards the "veil". The question of what we will have gained is the eternal mystery really. Great piece and I love the pic.

[Mark]

I hope your journey isn't all tears. Thanks for reading. :)

[redflutterby]

I hope so too but you know us women, always emotional. Not that men can't be. Lol...you're welcome. :-)