Tag: nature

There's a creeping haze when you're lost. It sets in softly at first. "Shouldn't there be a trail marker?" "I thought the landmark was here." Then panic is a wakened child. Frantic bees in your rib-cage signal to your infant terrors. The earth's beauty is lost too. In the swirling of land and leaf and sky, twilight is hostile - an enemy you battle with. The canopy will hide stars. For me, as the darkness crept in, my nerves steeled against the night. My self-trust was a lost compass. It was then that I saw lights. Psalm 143