Follow Your Feet
homebound comfort
Mine have guided me,
back and forth,
here and there,
not quite everywhere.
To a hundred new places,
to discover favourite spaces,
losing count of paces.
They’ve drifted down paths not made for me,
and then back again to safety,
all the while never leaving,
only leading,
and me, simply pleading:
'Never stop this wandering I’m needing!'
Along pavement, gravel, stone and earth,
through forest, woodland, bush and dirt,
over mountains, into lakes, and running boldly to the seas,
under open skies and gently waving trees,
I’ve walked and walked and walked and walked.
Going anywhere,
to get somewhere,
finding nowhere,
I the humble voyager,
must trust in them to carry me,
with purpose, joy, and curiosity,
no two journeys are the same for me.
They'll take my mind and body,
to the one place that means everything,
to the one place they’ll be free.
So I’ll continue to roam,
into the unknown,
but take comfort in knowing,
the path they're on is taking me home.
About the Creator
Negomi Oak Rhetts
Herbalist & holistic health coach
Ex biodynamic farmer
Amateur poet and short story enthusiast
Self-published author of two free-verse poetry books: Weaving Roots and Wild Sanctuary
Reader insights
Outstanding
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Heartfelt and relatable
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Comments (10)
Nicely Done. Congratulations on Top Story.
Fantastic just as words, but I love the picture punctuations too.
Forgot to say congrats on TS!!
YESSSS, wandering, always wandering. I loved your poem!
Congratulations the post
Wow! Really excellent! Enjoyed reading the poem and appreciated the pictures too!
Congrats on Top Story!🥳🥳🥳
it's FANTASTIC! that's how I feel when I begin a new story. I never quite know where I'm going until I get there.
The photos go so well with this beautiful poem. Congratulations
I loved this so much and all of those pictures of feet made me want to explore. I loved it! I too am the humble voyager.