Baggage


when forever comes
i'll still be searching
when time matters not
i'll yet be here

holding my baggage
in aimless wandering
no one will take it
for none will draw near

my baggage is heavy
so i trudge slowly
none here look closely
its not hard to see

it calloused my hands
and hardened my body
i cast my eyes downward
and none notice me

i see you have baggage
perhaps we can share it
i'll shoulder your burden
if you'll do the same

as we walk together
our baggage forgotten
they slip from our hands
back to where they came



(c) 2002 Robert H. Harrison