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A Camino Poem

Richard Ray

Not What He Once Was
Time of past OR future Camino
2019
Dusty roads, take me to Compostela.
City streets, take me to Compostela.
Forest trails, take me to Compostela.
Country lanes, take me to Compostela.
Rocky paths, take me to Compostela.
Gravel tracks, take me to Compostela.
Muddy traces, take me to Compostela.

Steepest hills, take me to Compostela.
Gentle slopes, take me to Compostela.
Painful descents, take me to Compostela.
All flat places, take me to Compostela.

Ridgeline windmills, take me to Compostela.
Soaring cathedrals, take me to Compostela.
Ancient chapels, take me to Compostela.
Haunted ruins, take me to Compostela.
Bustling cities, take me to Compostela.
Sleeping villages, take me to Compostela.
Crossroad shrines, take me to Compostela.

Blistered feet, take me to Compostela.
Darkening toenails, take me Compostela.
Quivering muscles, take me to Compostela.
Aching knees, take me to Compostela.
Groaning back, take me to Compostela.
Hunched shoulders, take me to Compostela.
Sunkissed neck, take me to Compostela.

Wind and rain, take me to Compostela.
Warming sun, take me to Compostela.
Blue skies, take me to Compostela.
Grayest clouds, take me to Compostela.
Moon and stars, take me to Compostela.
Morning mists, take me to Compostela.
Shimmering heat, take me to Compostela.

Fields of wheat, take me to Compostela.
Mountain heights, take me to Compostela.
Fecund vineyards, take me to Compostela.
Verdant forests, take me to Compostela.
Giant haystacks, take me to Compostela.
Wayside blackberries, take me to Compostela.
Ageless chestnuts, take me to Compostela.

Peregrinos of every nation, take me to Compostela.
Friends at home, take me to Compostela.
Heart-branded family, take me to Compostela.
God the Father, take me to Compostela.
God the Son, take me to Compostela.
God the Holy Spirit, take me to Compostela.
Blessed Virgin Mary, take me to Compostela.
St. James, take me to Compostela.
Communion of Saints, take me to Compostela.
Great cloud of witnesses, take me to Compostela.

Take me to Compostela, and refresh my soul.

Richard Ray, 2016
 
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