Sacred Steps Forward

Every mountain I climb ...

Every desert I traverse ...

Every ocean I sail ...

Every relic I kiss ...

Every prayer I utter ...

I find that I lose a piece of myself

and yet

I gain a piece of myself.

Going home again doesn't feel the same

More and more it looks less and less

Like the familiar past

But a future known only by the trail of

My own footprints in the sand.

A personal photo in the Sinai.