A Distant Glow

Barefoot in memory

I wander back

Along the moss covered forest floors

Under the huge Maples and Pines

That I thought were the tallest trees in the world

Where all was beauty and serenity reigned

I was careful of the brambles and snakes

That I thought were the most dangerous things of the world

Now, shod and grown, I see that safety and peace

Are just glowing in the distance

Like the mysterious green foxfire

Of my childhood forest...

©January 30, 2009

Faye Sizemore