Bittersweet

Caucasus Mountains © 2017 Marieke de Koker

Bittersweet

Is the imminent premature end

A journey cut short

Of its promised destination

Bittersweet

That the laughter and tears

The three footed journey

Would end so soon

We climbed the highest mountains

And drowned in flooded valleys

Waiting for the final pinnacle

Waiting for the immaculate horizons

To tell us:

We made it

After so many miles and years traversed

We hold each other's hands one more time

Walking towards the finish line

Come all too soon

Bittersweet

Is that resting place

For bodies too tired to carry our burdens

For hearts too calloused to feel pain

Our last tears

Are not tears of sorrow

But tears of joy

© 2024 Marieke de Koker