Footprints in the Snow

Footprints in the Snow (6)

Footprints in the Snow (6)

Footprints in the Snow

A single set

A straight line

Through the wooded area

I slowly followed the

Footprints

step by step

Carefully

being sure not to 

disturb

or 

destroy them

I stopped at the end of the

wooded area

I lit a cigarette

exhaling through my nose

The 

Footprints 

stopped

As far as My eyes could see

the Snow was undisturbed

except for that single set of

Footprints

that now ended

I drew heavily on my cigarette

exhaling through my nose

I began to wonder

How could the Footprints end here?

I looked beyond the tree line

I saw

smoke rings

rising above the embankment

I walked beyond the

Footprints

and stood looking down to an

open field

He was following 

Footprints

in the Snow

a single set

a straight line

across the open field

to the road beyond

December 15, 2013