Second Voyage Poem by Joshua Hillard

I cannot hide what I’m beginning to feel,
Upon this day, they’ve become too real,
I fight and I fight, but to no avail,
In vain I am to the truth I entail.

I think too hard, and yet, too often,
For I am alone, no cushion to soften,
No inertia to slow every blow I receive,
I’m ready to recede all that is beneath.

I once was here, such a long time ago,
For these paths I’ve crossed have formed a road,
I continued my voyage in an endless pursuit,
In hopes of prosperity, for I was en route.

I endured so much, in hopes of being worthy,
To find who I am at the end of this journey,
But if my road follows the surface of this earth,
Then I’ve chased circles, centering to my worth.

Here I am again, in a time-frame I’ve once began,
Sequencing a new start, but finished as a young man,
It’s true when they say the past can repeat,
For the road you’ve started places it beneath your feet.