i walk these muddy roads
in search of truth
i’ll walk and never stop
until for certain i know
as a kid, it was years ago
i knew it all, confident
that this world was mine
as much as it was yours
but many years went by
estrangement kicked in
and i saw that i was alone
stranded to stay alive
i walk these muddy roads
in search of truth
i’ll walk and never stop
until for certain i know
that it’s not i who is the alien
but you’re the ones estranged
just visitors in my muddy world
this muddy world of mine
Den Andel, November 2017