I’m pulling a rope with a boulder at one end,
My back aches, and my fingers are burned and cracked from the corse and frayed strings,
“We have been walking for so long, I’d like to take a break,”
I give you water and bread,
you tell me how heavy this walk weights on your heart,
You say, “oh my love, I have walked so far and I feel as though I could give up,
If only we knew where we were going,”
I listen with my ears pressed against echo of your voice,
Wishing only to help your tired soul,
I say, “I know you are tired, and you have walked so far, but only a little further; I’m sure of it,”
I use what’s left of the water on my hands,
To wash away the blood and sweat.
Then ripping my shirt into strips, use the thin cloth to bandage my palms,
You place your hand on my chin, lifting it to your face,
And tell me, “I love you.”
I stand and extend my hand to you.
you place the rope in my grasp once again.