My Dead Language

I believed in you

I believed in you, with you, and through you.

Fearless but free

Knowing all

Knowing nothing & all

I knew them true & tall

Not in the way I thought

Maybe not the way you do

Above the fold

But below the fall

Songs whispered

Stories untold

Time left sightless and lonely

Days sold for nights

Bereft of cold and unfeeling

I know mountains

I’ve sought peaks

It’s not the glory

It’s not the triumph I seek

It’s the journey

The adventure worth telling,

The life worth remembering.

Jennifer Barajas

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