Away, I went
And my heart went before me.
The stars were blind of guidance, winking and keeping their secrets-
And the boat drifted
Since I burned the oars
To remember what sunlight looked like.
I thought I had left you behind,
Far on the starting shore
Where the night whispered
(But not to me).
I landed, far and further
in another place
where the paths were strangers, pushing past me in a hurry.
How was I to know I would find you waiting there in the road?
I am of the distant paths,
You said.
When you go far and further,
I am there.
This too is My place.
And night opened its doors
And the stars sung my heart awake.
