6 dec 2012

it's just me and this trail in the gloaming,
with a rain that is soft, softly falling.
commuters up on the road,
don't see me, here below.
alone on this trail i am roaming.

scents in this wood speak to me -
fresh turned earth, distant skunk, cedar tree.
deer have come to out graze,
averting their gaze.
they find me unworthy, it seems.

oh, look - it is getting quite dark.
i should find my way out of this park.
if i run really fast,
maybe daylight will last
until i can get back to my car.






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p.s. no, it didn't. fully dark when i got back to my car, which was alone in a parking lot built for 500.