WHW: I am walking home

I am walking home

50 years and 154 km away

Heavy legs dragged by Muddy Ground have kept me

back

The road in front myself I choose now; no longer walking in someone else’s

steps

I am walking home

Crowds of ferns part to greet me, palms raised in high-fives, clapping me along the way,

Bluebells and buttercups open their glow to light my path

I am walking home

Jock  Tamson’s Bothy is always open, fragrant with peat fire singing, and hot tea for wet feet

The Tortoise may win the race, but the Hare, at least, has paused to share food, enjoy laughter with friends along

the Way

I am walking home

Grandfather’s stone granite braces me in a jumper of rock, shielding me from the edge

Brother Wind nudges me from behind when legs tire, and Sister Rain cools blistering

eyes

I am walking home

Grandmother’s long, leafy limbs reach forward in front of me.

I walk down slopes,

she takes my hand and leads me down the rooted steps of

Her home.

I am walking home