@gerardcarey posted Chaucer’s prologue to
The Canterbury Tales in
another thread that resonated as this was one of the echoes that had called me to the Camino. Then I next came upon
@William Garza and this beautiful offering for pilgrims fortunate enough to be on their Way at the moment…
The two threads whirled about in my head for some time and I thought that we should look to those who long to be on their Way but are delayed or disheartened or unable to walk at all…
April....It's Longen Time Again
title compliments of @gerardcarey
Pilgrim
already on your Way
Be aware
Be wary
This is a hazardous undertaking
You will lose yourself
And find yourself
Only to lose yourself again
Be prepared
As you take your first step
You will already be arriving
You will discover that
destinations are transitory
and that the journey
is never ending
El Camino de Santiago
The Way of St James
Le Chemin de Saint-Jacques
Labels merely labels
You will come to know
Your Pilgrimage
by its own True Names
In solitude
In busyness
In exaltation
and in pain
Upon its mountains
On its paved footpaths
and forest trails
Within its pueblos
and bustling cities
In the silence of its churches
and the cacophony of its albergues
Lit up by the smiles
of your new found companerõs
Fuelled by pintxos/tapas
and vino tinto
tempered with café con leche
amid the instant camaraderie of bars
It will become your shadow
Ever Westward
A mochila that is either
burden or delight
And eventually
an Understanding…
Easter will always hold another meaning now
An indescribable yearning…
and the month of April
will become your Longen Time
A towering eucalypt
out of Place
A sudden sound
as if the clicking of trekking poles
A half remembered Spanish melody
a flash of colour
and the wind
the wind on the Alto del Perdón
calling you
calling you Home…