<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab c1et5uql ii04i59q kvgmc6g5 hcukyx3x" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="auto" class="">Pilgrim</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="auto" class="">I bow to the lark</div><div dir="auto" class="">and its tiny</div><div dir="auto" class="">lifted silhouette</div><div dir="auto" class="">fluttering</div><div dir="auto" class="">before infinity.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="auto" class="">I promise myself</div><div dir="auto" class="">to the mountain</div><div dir="auto" class="">and to the foundation</div><div dir="auto" class="">from which </div><div dir="auto" class="">my future comes.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="auto" class="">I make my vow</div><div dir="auto" class="">to the stream</div><div dir="auto" class="">flowing beneath, </div><div dir="auto" class="">and to the water</div><div dir="auto" class="">falling</div><div dir="auto" class="">toward all thirst,</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="auto" class="">and</div><div dir="auto" class="">I pledge myself </div><div dir="auto" class="">to the sea</div><div dir="auto" class="">to which it goes</div><div dir="auto" class="">and to the mercy </div><div dir="auto" class="">of my disappearance,</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="auto" class="">and though </div><div dir="auto" class="">I may be</div><div dir="auto" class="">left alone</div><div dir="auto" class="">or abandoned by</div><div dir="auto" class="">the unyielding present</div><div dir="auto" class="">or orphaned </div><div dir="auto" class="">in some far </div><div dir="auto" class="">unspoken place,</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="auto" class="">I will speak </div><div dir="auto" class="">with a voice </div><div dir="auto" class="">of loyalty</div><div dir="auto" class="">and faith</div><div dir="auto" class="">to the far shore</div><div dir="auto" class="">where everything </div><div dir="auto" class="">turns to arrival,</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="auto" class="">if only in the sound </div><div dir="auto" class="">of falling waves</div><div dir="auto" class="">and I will listen </div><div dir="auto" class="">with sincere</div><div dir="auto" class="">and attentive eyes and ears</div><div dir="auto" class="">for a final invitation,</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="auto" class="">so that I can </div><div dir="auto" class="">be that note half-heard</div><div dir="auto" class="">in the flying lark song,</div><div dir="auto" class="">or that tint </div><div dir="auto" class="">on a far mountain </div><div dir="auto" class="">brushed with the subtle </div><div dir="auto" class="">grey of dawn...</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">A river gone by,</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">still looking</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">as if it hasn’t …</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre;"> </span><font color="#050505" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">- David Whyte</span></font></div></div></div></body></html>