we wake
we sleep
and then there is the inbetween
the journey
we all journey differently
and occasionally we see the same things
or feel the same outbursts of inexplicable joy
over the most ordinary
moved to tears we may feel one
with those who have tasted with us
seen our dreams
felt the same joys or sorrows
felt the same closeness
to a part of humanity
somewhere
or touched the same soil
or seen the same glory
or held the same child
or another
felt the same love
the outgoing of love
the coming in
given freely
washing each other's feet
sharing
with the homeless
the sojourner
the fatherless
the widow
the orphan
a friend
a loved one
the journey is richest
when we touch another
from the heart
heartstrings singing
with undiluted heart love
a God love
that always believes
always hopes
always endures
always goes on
and on
touches the forgotten
the lost
the needy
the hurt
the abandoned
the sick
the weary
laughs with those that laugh
weeps with those that weep
takes joy in the giving
sees the face of Jesus
in every life
along life's journey
they will rise up with wings as eagles
they shall run and not be weary
they shall walk and not faint
in this is inexplicable joy
the journey
my favourite things
