walking in the dark

“I can hardly wait for tomorrow, it means a new life for me each and every day.”

― Stanley Kunitz

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walking in the dark

the air alive with night noises

coyotes laughing in the distance

an owl

hooting from somewhere

up high

pondering its next meal

and the crunch of deer

plodding through the crusty snow

the ground beneath is vague

and disappears

into blackness

I yearn for the sun

And I strive toward the light

ready for the gift of dawn

and the newness of the coming day

yet I am not alone in this great darkness

the owl, the deer, coyotes are there

so too the hawk who silently swoops

there is life here,

vibrant and powerful

echoing in the dark

we need not fear the dark

nor the starkness of the dawn

for life is woven into both

the darkness and the dawn

we are never

alone