Travel Well Joyous Heart

Today the farm embraces a major transition. My daughter leaves the farm to go overseas to study. We will miss her here but I hope that she takes a piece of Lavender Hill with her on her journey. With joy, I send her off with this thought:

Travel Well Joyous Heart
by John Russo

Joy does travel
In the Heart
Set aloft for adventure.

Preparations
Voyage far
The Trip and Journey come now.

Travel days end
Journey more
A lifetime, remember well.

The plane of Youth
Turns the World
Under its wings the future.

Passangers sing
Laughter, Hope, Joy
All that promise Tomorrow

A better way
Than those songs
Sung yesterday by the source.

New Lady soon
To return
Her I welcome home today.