Celebration

The day I found you I was in disbelief,

it had been so long, the journey lonely,

the difficulties many, the treachery deep.

But I found you anyway,

like an echo I came back to you,

but different, and changed...

no longer innocent, no longer a babe, but

cast into the world with apple eyes,

led to believe that anything was possible,

so I believed because I had no other choice.

And I travelled that long road,

and many times despaired at the emptiness,

the Devil mocking me at every step,

laughing in my face to the dilemmas presented,

but I endured, for if I can just survive this...

then surely the road would lead me back to you,

it's only true in fairy tales; but this was life,

and I've used every sort of resource to find you,

if I could, track you, then bring myself to you

and wondered at the possibilities again.

I was in disbelief, but I persisted, my hope, grown,

the victory, sweet, and not a moment too soon.

Would I hold you, would I kiss you, 

would we cry about the dreary night 

that had finally dawned? 

Tears of joy, of celebration...

breathing that sigh of relief that we are together again,

mother and child, (who is no longer a child)

for the road was long, but I travelled 

and in victory, I found you,

I will celebrate you for the rest of my life

for finding you, has completed me.