Footprints in the Snow

Footprints in the Snow (2)

Footprints in the Snow (2)

Footprints in the Snow

A single set

A straight line

Up an embankment

Disappearing into the trees atop

I lit a cigarette

As far as the eye could see

the Snow was undisturbed

except for that single set of

Footprints

I began to wonder

Why would anyone walk through the snow into the trees?

Where was he or she going?

What would possess them to do this?

I drew heavily on my cigarette

exhaling through my nose

It hadn’t Snowed for many days

No telling how long the 

Footprints

had been there

Where did they lead to?

What was beyond the tree line?

Was it some 

magical rendezvous place

or

a lonely, empty space?

Finality?

Perhaps

I drew heavily on my cigarette

exhaling through my nose

Was he or she still out there?

Alone

Lost

Terrified

Cold

or

was there another way out?

As far as My eyes could see

the Snow was undisturbed

except for that single set of

Footprints

I drew heavily on my cigarette

I dropped the butt to the road

snuffing it out with my boot

the red glow disappeared

It started to Snow

It Snowed well into the night

The next morning

I walked back to that spot

where I had seen the

Footprints

I lit a cigarette

Footprints in the Snow

A single set

A straight line

Up an embankment

Disappearing into the trees atop

I drew heavily on my cigarette

exhaling through my nose

December 14, 2013