Ed, you've captured the essence of the many footprints we leave along this journey of life, some that seem to take us down paths that find us standing alone with burdens and loved ones we lost and grief, loneliness, pain we've encountered along the way, and yet when moments of recollection come especially occasions such as this as you themed your poem with, the lost love recultivated and to cherish for life... that embraces us for all that has made us who we are, it makes each footstep seem as if it was taking us into a place of destiny that makes every moment worth it all. Beautifully...

"The Traveler" is the sixth poetry collection released by Oklahoma poet Ed Roberts. His poems are written in free verse ignoring traditional rules such as regular meter, rhyme, and alliteration. He writes on social topics and current events and often many of his poems are shared with people in several countries and translated into different languages. As with his previous poetry collections, Ed shares comments that have been left in the Feedback Section of his poetry site www.poetrypoem.com/apoetslaststand, after a special poem written for each book. He has stated "These tell a story far...