the miles i have traveled

when i couldn't retrieve my tryke,
from the middle of the road,
i was not allowed to go there and,
it was a million miles away.

when i walked to school,
that first day of many,
i was so very scared because,
it was a million miles away.

when i found my first,
love of my life i thought,
the drive to bedsheet love,
it was a million miles away.

when i was alone,
at my first college,
i was independently happy that,
it was a million miles away.

when later love,
begged for my soul,
i gave it and it was lost,
it was a million miles away.

and now i am older,
my mind sleeps and my soul,
dreams of tomorrow and,
it is a million miles away.

and then i wake to find,
those millions of miles walked,
dreamed,
loved,
caressed,
freed and found,
are right in front of my feet,
once again....