I sat inside a storm today
All trail and time taken in an instant
The wind bellowed then thickened, like the careful dance of campfire smoke that lingers into morning
I fell shallow as the ravens went silent
Cars launched out of sight like shooting stars that forgot they lived in the sky
Consumed
In then out with the breath of the mountain
The milky must clung to rock and rubble as if to stay with me
The higher I hiked, the deeper I plunged into the heart of the unknown
From grey to white to black and back, the stranger showed its face
I stretched my arms from side to side and soared above the space
The rain trickled upon me, as if to whisper, “Boy”
“I’ve come to sit outside you, no longer in your head”
“And once you’ve come to brave me”
“I’ll travel on, instead”
