Crossing

I.
Two wanderers travel parallel paths
their journeys' cross.
Two years they walk in the same direction
together.
The same bright star
guiding the way.
Two hearts led by one Truth - steady,
Unchanging.

II.
Changing
steadily, the direction of their paths diverge.
One steps away from the starlight.
A traveler, lost in the dark.

Father into the thicket she wanders
blinded by weeds, dust, and dirt.
Surrounded in darkness
she stumbles and grasps for the light.
She falls.

Hearing
the remaining traveler attempts to help the fallen.
Straining
Into the darkness without loosing sight of the light herself
Failing in her attempts
to save
she continues in the light
Hoping

III.
I am watching, searching, and waiting
for her return
from the dark thicket
Praying
for a break in the brush to allow the light
to guide her
Home.