It was a daunting challenge.

It loomed ahead , like an immense wall, Grey dark and undiscovered. Once seen, we were already in its shadow. Too cold for t-shirts, though this constant walking ahead. We groaned, fainted, hunched.  Rain like tears fell on the backs of our necks.  Is this what God wants for us, we said, To fall forgotten on the dirt, Victimized by the unknown.  But now, we're through, tired and disheveled, Still cold and wet, my feet ache. My hands bandaged,  Just a confused lone walker In an unmapped land at an unmarked time.  They are still around, somewhere, probably Feeling the same as I.