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# Reflections On The Journey
- URL: https://the-stardust-journal-press.ghost.io/reflections-on-the-journey/
- Published: 2026-03-24T02:07:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-01T16:50:38.000Z
- Author: Daniel Rutberg
- Tags: poetry, myths of our own making, observer, square peg, #Migrated-1782924600586, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-01 12:50

I gaze in wonder  
at the reflection  
the journey etched  
in black turned gray

I crashed through life  
more instinct than inspiration  
surprised to rise again  
from each disaster  
stunned at my good fortune

I've lived among  
But never with  
Each gaggle and its myths

Instead I've learned the dialects  
Of their deceptions  
And wore a patchwork cloak  
of myths of my own creation

A poet warrior who  
masquerades as a minstrel  
Alone in any gathering  
Sharing tales not made for children  
Where heroes weep and mourn  
the dragons they have slain.