Together We Walked

Together we walked

up and down the hill.

Waded like lame ducks
in water,
we kept on walking
we splashed a little
but got splashed by others
they cared not for us
nor for our clothes
that we wore,
the best of our attire
when we left home in the morning

We went on.
we laughed a little
smiled sheepishly at each other
we went on.

Our shoes held more water
than us
with the shoes not keen on walking
we kept on walking.

The rain lashed,

The storms blew us out of our breath
sand in our eyes, ears and face
we kept on walking.

Walk we must we knew lest
it should be late
before the sun was set
we had to walk
so we walked
we walked together.

We talked together.

We listened to each other
and kept on listening.

We sang together.
You and me,

We walked past the lakes
we walked past the hills
we walked through the thick of jungle
we paved through the thorns and thistles.

The sun looked at us
winked at us and
and gone.

I looked at him.
Ohh. I was left alone
he was not there.

Gone.