home

search

Wilderness

  it didn't start slow

  long progressions

  of trust

  but instead

  a command to leave

  this is no longer

  the right place

  so I went

  Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author.

  to nowhere

  because this is where

  You are

  and I can look up -

  see You -

  pillar of fire in the

  cold night

  pillar of cloud when the

  sun beats down

  but I don't want to

  be here

  could You just be

  somewhere else

  there is food here

  but only for today -

  and I need help

  because yesterday

  I gathered more than trust does

  and today it is rotten

  my shoes don't

  wear out, but I

  almost wish they

  would, because day

  after day after

  day is

  the same

  there is food here

  but it has to be

  picked up, and I

  need help -

  yesterday I didn't gather

  and today my

  hands are weak

  I wish I could either

  turn back

  or lose my taste

  for Egypt's garlic

  You promised

  milk and honey

  which I don't want

  to wait for

  but if I'm thirty years

  into the wilderness

  I'd be a fool to turn back

  now

Recommended Popular Novels