Treasures Along the Way

We traveled trillions of miles to come here
Maybe we experienced a bit of fear

We journey through the womb to a bright place
The familiar voice reveals a beautiful face

Innocent, helpless, needing protection
Feeling love, abundant affection

Learning, tasting, ever growing
Mountains, valleys, rivers flowing

Climbing steep, dangerous roads
Jagged cliffs, heavy loads

Traveling to awe-inspiring places
Seeing many interesting faces

Passing through hometown streets
People, scenes, memories sweet

Strange, very strange to be a misplaced traveler
Unaware, unnoticed time-traveling passenger

We can’t even feel the turning of the earth
Night, day, death and birth

Yet it is constantly happening
And we are traveling, traveling

To that crucial day of our own
Where we reap all we have sown

Coming closer with every glorious sunrise
Every stunning sunset, filling our spiritual eyes

We are part of a spectacular caravan
Made of every woman, child and man

There is a grand purpose for us here
We truly have no need to fear

We see the eagle in its magnificent flight
Our soul soaring beyond its height

We’re all traveling to that next place
All our loved ones soon to embrace

Yet in the present, beauty abounds
Surprising us with treasures found

Music, flowers, breath-taking vistas
Poetry, art, friends who missed us

Come, take my hand
Travelers in this foreign land

By Becky Hull
November 15, 2023