FINALLY 

After all that worry

And wasteful regret

I strode past the lone oak

And up the almost

Infinite hill in biting heat

As butterflies swirled

Amidst dying wildflowers 

And lapped a slow swig

Of well-earned water,

Fell on bony knees

Onto rocky ground

And kissed the granite

Slab like a long-lost lover. 

Finally, lifting my sweaty head

Off the boulder’s lap and

Towards Otay’s peak, finally 

For the first time in weeks,

Finally, I smiled....