Traveler's Lament

Traveler’s Lament

By Brandon Palzkill                

I travel on, down silent streets

dismayed by everyone I meet,

who slog along and never see

how meaningful their lives could be,

but wallow in their own defeat.

I see their confidence deplete,

while tripping over their own feet,

they look at me, uncertainly;

I travel on.

But I’ve my own trials to beat,

won’t ever let myself retreat,

so while they wander, aimlessly,

and never let themselves be free,

I have a destiny to meet;

I travel on.