It may take 963km & 39days of hiking
two countries
a lasting pain in the stomach
a mad desire to leave home & job
at once
with no regret
without knowing where to go
without ever wanting to know
& then walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk,
… on a road…
to forgive someone you don’t even know yet
that’s how long stretched my anger
that’s how long I needed to meet again
a stranger
all I ever needed all those years
to forgive my father
was a road