In the forest
are many directions
but few promise arrival home.

How can the light of a star
travel centuries to kiss a lonely planet
and still be at peace.

In the ocean
are many droplets
but all have forgotten
how to be alone.

I see how the path began -
gathering like flowers
the wills of the travelers.

Until the paths
are like traces
of memories
from long ago.

Fading, like the memory
of a kiss
from the light of a star.


~~Fiddler 05/20/2002