Isn't There a Journey Back?

Isn't There a Journey Back?

Lost son, forgotten one
We wander crazed
Through mazy mists
Clawing up the
Clay-lined banks
Stumbling, starey
Over knotted roots
Push through
Push through
To the swamp's dark reeds

Betsy McKenzie
June 29, 2007
(Using a line from Matt Zinsli's "Reaching for Treasure" as a title)