Even If You Have Trudged - Dorothy Walters

[Larry Robinson]

Even If You Have Trudged

It is never too late.
Even if you have trudged
through snow and ice
for a thousand miles
and still have not arrived.
Even if the map is lost
and the compass broken.
When the eagle who is 
supposed to guide you
goes off on a tangent
	of its own
and you know you are,
once again, deserted, 
	do not fall into 
	the pit of despair.
	It will return,
brighter than ever.
There will be feather tokens
	falling down.

Nothing is irredeemable.
Nothing is lost forever.
Be guided by the stars.
Let the moonlight
direct your steps.

There will be a path
	which will open
	in the forest.
The treasure which is yours
	is waiting.

	- Dorothy Walters