The Beat That Keeps Us Going
You with the energy
Of several dancing pilgrims
Doing a can-can in hiking boots
You with the ever-ready smile
First thing in the morning
Pumped, no matter what
You with the enthusiasm
Of a lone adventurer
But the heart of a whole community
You with the determination
To get up and go
Even in the cold and rain
You with the encouraging words
Your heavy pack carried as light as a feather
Continually grateful to be here
We with the too tired bodies
Dreaming Santiago into being
No longer believing it really exists
We with our feet dragging and backs hurting
Our minds already there but not
Our thoughts sometimes sneaking off to consider a taxi
You keep us around the table at night
And I say to myself "How did we do it before her?"
And "How would we have made it without her?"
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