For Roses: iii.

A few days from now,
life will begin once more
with new plans,
the start of another journey:
who can say
just where we're going?

Who can say
just where the road will take us?
All we know is that life
spent living in this love
has always been a perpetual round
of one journey after another;
it hasn't been about the destination.
At day's end we come away
tired, exhausted, not much
left to give
& still we find the courage
to awaken, to press on
in our search for fellow travelers
to share in our memories,
our stories, our experiences.

We know that the start
of something is about to begin
& one thing is for certain:
our hearts are prepared
for this year's latest journey,
all of the adventure
which it will bring on,
all of its random interludes
of fun & laughter
& most of all,
its valuable lessons
we can return to later on.