Stephen Sutherlin

Slow and Steady

February 11, 2024
The Snow Falling through The Air Low Clouds hanging near

Warmer here Than when the wind howls Across a stark Blue Sky

Calm out here On The Trail Revealed Only by the Footprints Running ahead of me Fading Eventually By the new Falling Snow Easy to lose your way When a white blanket Softens every inch Of The Foothills

Acuity Clear As the miles Cure Anxieties Of a week hard trodden No truer sense of Purpose Than keeping one foot Steady in front of The Other.