Journey's End

Journey's End by Shane Cogan (September 2013) Silently we stood tall The sun’s dawn chill on our backs We gathered our last few belongings The grey skies swirled over us Onwards and upwards we walked Little to do, we merely talked Oh, the endless array of colours Oh, the senseless decay of society The autumn countryside air fed us Fresh golden crisp sounds under our feet, our hooting horn Azure skies shone now, the greyness vanished Reaching up high, seeking solace…we moved on Teaching us it was, freaking us out…we moved on But there is no escape ever for a nomad A wanderer: she pondered…and I squandered Oh, there it was again Oh, the planet we sought I breathed in the warm dusk air She breathed in the moonlit sky Ravens swarmed over us, creating one dark cloud Bats vibrated, as feeding time commenced Harvest gatherers signalled night time A lonely police siren echoed sleep time Then we both felt its glaze upon our faces It stole our smile It sapped our energy Oh, we could not move Oh, yet only approve Resting, we had no choice but too stargaze We shifted our tired bodies We emptied our final belongings The crystal full moon had hypnotised us The sun’s distant tale had teased us The endless blanket of stars now warmed us An epic sky tale of foe and friend had begun We gazed. We starred. We dreamed Nothing could have prepared us Nothing had been written about its glory Indigo colours encircled its core Hazy lights acted as a sky highway Interlinked, interconnected, intergalactic First our planet, then their planet We gave way, we gave in Our journey at an end A new one to begin We had found our planet Our people Our nature We smiled We blinked We spoke We said: Welcome home For the EPIC (OLD/NEW) Poem contest