If Your Presence Goes With Me

I've known the strength of numbers. The comfort of a plan.

I have followed signs of promise, I could measure. I could map. But success without

your nearness. Leaves the soul untouched, unmoved. What is progress

through the wilderness if I walk it without you? If your presence

goes with me, I will not be afraid. If you walk before my questions,

I will rest along the way. Not in ease, not in escape, but in knowing

you are near. If your presence goes with me, I will rest, I will remain

here. You did not offer answers. You did not clear the land.