Is It Real? A Poem

Is it Real?

Feet… where are you and what are you doing?
Are you treading softly across dew kissed emerald paths
near Celtic stones?
Are you
trudging through the mysterious desert in Africa
looking for an oasis?

Have you gone far on your journey?
Where are you going next?
Maybe to the sun warmed sea
rich with flawless life?
Have you been to the hanging gardens of Babylon?
Is it real?
How do you go so far and still keep
moving ahead?

You neither begrudgingly follow nor bully the lead.
You work together in a common need
dancing as you prance about
to tread the next mile,
the next country…
the next created temple
the next fields of gold.
Is it Real?

How blessed you are to go anywhere you desire.
Did you walk near the ancestors bones
and feel the vibrations
of their ancient chants and prayers?

Are you seeing God’s foot-steps
that appears every inch of your trip?
Have you touched your toes in the water
that the angels bathe in?

Have you walked near Jesus
and stood beside the still waters
that he spoke of?

Tell me
Is it Real?