Fellow Traveller Poem by Paul Reed

My fellow traveller in life
That comes with an open heart
Comparing not to others
Who play a minor part;

My best and selfless friend
Who always puts herself last
Putting loved ones first
Who cling on to her mast;

My worthy and hardworking ally
With no pretence or frills,
But who walks alongside me
Up life's steepest hills;

And, at the end of each day,
Sits not in judgment or pose
And is never bitter
About ill-deserved woes;

My greatest ever achievement
Of others that are few
Is that I found courage to speak
On the day that I found you.