Wanderer
He was a wandering man that travelled many miles
staying a few days here and there, sometimes a week or two
then his feet would get that familiar itch and on he'd go
searching new horizons for his elusive dream.
A lady in every town he visited, sighed, when he travelled on
although he found them all enchanting, with none could he settle
the call of the road was just too strong and those feet would itch
wondrous sights he found as the roads led him ever onwards.
In the lake district he loved the open spaces and towering hills
the sparkling lakes that nestled like gems at their feet
the air that invigorated his soul with its fresh crispness
to here he often returned and just soaked in the beauty.
In the peaks he found a place from which seven counties were visible
finding out it was for sale, he laid down his money and the deal was done
a simplistic house he built made of cobb and oak that blended into the hills
yet still those feet would itch and off he once more would go.
The years passed by; often he returned for a month or two
he found he was getting slower and inclined to linger in places longer
then one day on the road he caught up to a fellow traveller
that night they lingered around a camp fire sharing stories.
Oh the stories they both had could fill several books with wondrous memories
she had been travelling for 30 years he a bit longer, yet until now
never with another, both had always been solitary by choice
he took her to his home in the dales and shortly after they wed
Still every two to three months they would share a glance
and each would know the others feet felt that age old itch
so forth they would set off to discover new horizons once more
safe in the knowledge they had each other and their cottage awaiting their return
Copyright © Shadow Hamilton | Year Posted 2014
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