Word Travelers

Is it illusion
That brings me peace and unbridled calm
That images a sweet scent of veracity found
That wanders through the rivulets of past memories
Lifting sadness from the fog of fear

Is it artifice
That brings the pleasure of fulfillment
Sans material trappings
Allowing feelings
Pride
Compassion for the reader's struggle
To enable dreams realized

Is it fantasy
To sense
To desire
To be the eyes of word-travelers
Enjoining that expedition to somewhere
That place the pen first guided the author
Where flowing lexicons opened out to sea
Becoming everyone's ocean to share

If it be hallucination
How does life present so real
One's mere imaginings

If authored reality be so delusional
Why does life create so valid
One person's imaginings to another

Such is the worded journey
This oneness to be discovered