Alice's train

So this story begins Gerasim's journey home.
Imagine you walked without looking back,
Moving forward, occasionally veering slightly to the right or back,
Even if to the left, but continuing onward.
(So it is written on all the scrolls by the road)
And you walked for so long that you grew weary,
Although your legs were not aware that they
Were heading where they themselves desired.
So, you became tired and looked back.
There was emptiness.
Emptiness behind and ahead, and within, right in the center.
You walked confidently enough but began to slow down.
Not so much as to come to a complete halt,
But you began to brake gradually.
Your steps became so heavy as if all the weariness had settled there.
All this fatigue descended from your head
To your heart and crawled down to your legs.
It slithered.
And Gerasim raises his head and tries not to look back.
But the feelings cannot be deceived.
And these feelings speak of the fact that
The return home will indeed be a return home.
That is all.