A Long Walk

The sidewalk I walked upon

So many times before

With scattered leaves and memories

Squirrels crossing in front of me

with peanuts in their teeth

The Sun intermittently shining

between all the trees

The pond looking pretty

Fountain flowing, benches by it’s side

The smell, not so alluring

The sidewalk

It is never ending

on this particular day

As I pass the dwelling

where the boy had played

for hours on end on the computer

I would hear him through the night

In the morning

Tapping me on the shoulder..

At nighttime

laying across my bed

talking about the days events

with more small chatter

of the days that lie ahead

Off to the kitchen

To stand at the refrigerator door

Like so many times before

I pass the place

where he used to work

I imagine the bike he rode,

the car he drove

in the parking lot, …no more

I walk the street he drove upon

and waved out the window

as he drove by

This long sidewalk

and it’s memories

repeat daily in my mind

The time it took

to walk this walk

so many times before

I thought it would never end…

I finally approach my door

My shelter

From a long walk

with too many memories

that came unfurled

with each step I took

At a time not so long ago

When it was you and I against

the world.

carolann