A Toast to Growth on a Humble Road A journey alone Captured by seasons unknown Along a darkened road Carved by a Riverside With sharpened bends Over jagged ends, giving way To a stunning overlay of Of bold mountain peaks Frosted in a brisk winter freeze Melting behind foothills Blanketed by an array of trees To an unveiling canopy Beyond on effervescent road Outlined by orange groves While they blossom the air Awakening notes of citrus Paired with the essence Of sweet nectar below That ripens under a sunny glow Over a luminescent road Where the leaves let go In an array of color To a subtle breeze As they Dance in sequence Then resting with ease Accentuating the subtle curves Beside a hardened road Carved by a Riverside Where His grace and mercies Nurture and provide As He guides one's journey unknown On a humble road home

A banquet set for he To and fro , to the cross , down so deep where the parasite that grows so deep within The great bandini and the only thing to show are daggers on his fingertips crusted in diamond upon each nail forged in the fire with the internal bleeding the great bandini cast upon thee as the shadow of the cross still looms