Leave No Trace: A Poem

Leave no trace;

as father and daughter trek on;

they set no pace.

Winding through trees;

crunching dried leaves;

all through the dark;

no finish, no start.

A daughter growing up, wishing for stability;

but a father nomadic by heart;

their survival dependent on ability and agility;

both being instinctual and smart.

A daughter growing up without a real home;

disconnected from a world beyond hers;

her and her father only left to roam;

constantly caught up in a stir.

Untapped potential kept inside;

nowhere to let it truly grow;

her father always there to guard and guide;

was he holding her back? We'll never know.

-R.W.