The Valley

The view here brings tears to my eyes
So beautiful I could stand here forever
The breeze is warm on my skin
And the air smells like rain

To have time off is to feel perfect
Time to waste with no agenda tonight
Time to sit and think or not
This time is for mine own enjoyment

But there’s something I want to do
But I’m not sure if I should
I want to tell you how I feel about things
But that seems to be impossible

Maybe if you just said the first words
Started the first sentence
I could then finish it and say what I want
As long as you promise to hear me out

I think that you would given the chance
The problem falls where in what you would think
Would you laugh at my hearts contents
So that I may be humiliated again

It doesn’t matter though
Because you will never hear what I truly feel
The people around us put on so many restrictions
So that our life is no longer up to us

So as I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
My trek will once again begin and end alone
But each pass through the valley makes me stronger
Because each time the burdens increase just a little more

The hard part is knowing that I must return
By the only way that I came
Back through the valley I will come
Back to the place that I call home

The reason I continue though
Is that that is my friends’ home also
I’ll once again see smiling faces
And once again shall I unload my pack to others


This place I call home provides hope
Hope that the next pass will be easier
Hope that I may never have to leave
Also the knowledge that I have become stronger

So once again I walk the valley
Looking forward to the return trip
Because that means that I’ll soon be home
Where the not so wild things are…