The Journey

The Journey

poetry by Mia Mabanta
art by Mataji

We made a journey to the place that existed in our dreams

A place we’d spend all night talking excitedly about till we fell fast asleep

A journey to impossible places of vibrant dessert oases and lands only explored in our minds

We’d chatter excitedly about it till the wee hours, the light of dawn nudging us that it was time to sleep.

How long had we been up in wakeful dreaming?

Of that journey that we’d take to those places we’ve imagined in Technicolor

Waterfalls that cascade among the blooms of many kinds and in a minute we’d be in a coconut beach that a Gauguin beauty would grace

Now, I’ve been to many places that we would only dream about before

And you have charted your own course in this momentary path

I go near and far to many places and see multifaceted experiences, tastes and treasures

But, can I journey and come back to that time when we were filled with eager anticipation when we spoke of journeys?