“Sometimes with
the bones of the black
sticks left when the fire
has gone out

someone has written
something new
in the ashes
of your life

You are not leaving

you are arriving

–David Whyte, excerpt from “The Journey”, The House of Belonging, p. 38

Full poem: https://wordsfortheyear.com/2015/08/13/the-journey-by-david-whyte/