The Endeavor

at my life’s end i’ll wish

i hadn't pretended to see

how many pages then peeked

at the punch line– i’ll wish

i’d spent more time outside

a whole year up on that hill

to watch the seasons pass

from the vantage it was too cold

under such a black night

bright swollen pores (stars),

not enough to see my feet

how far they have walked me from that place

i stood up as a child

and never stopped walking

away as as long as i’m being humbled he said

everyone who leaves home hasn’t any answers

talks in journey language he said everyone

who leaves home, as in, walks away,

falls in love he said death is the only

ceremony bright enough for a life

After Richard Rohr’s conversation with Brene Brown, and Ocean Vuong’s conversation with Krista Tippet.