Thick pine needles carpet the path ...silencing the footfalls of those who will come after From the first to the last traveler the path has become well worn With memories…it is adorned Old arrowheads are still found where game does abound Rest awhile in the pines shade and revere the ones passing before Passing on the way to and from war Copper-skinned warriors …passing this way no more but sensed here...sometimes... in the darkness of Carolina’s pines.