[Traveler, your footprints] by Antonio Machado

[Traveler, your footprints]
by Antonio Machado

Traveler, your footprints
are the only road, nothing else.
Traveler, there is no road;
you make your own path as you walk.
As you walk, you make your own road,
and when you look back
you see the path
you will never travel again.
Traveler, there is no road;
only a ship’s wake on the sea.

Photo at Pathek Beach, East Java, Indonesia, by Deny Abdurahman on Unsplash.