Happy Stream Day.

The stream went live Oct 18, 2024. I wouldn’t find for a few weeks. I remember the release for Sable and listening to it in the wee hours of the 18th because my mother passed away in the afternoon of the 17th.

It appeared when I needed it.
Calling me.

I recognized it immediately.
some part of me remembered 
something from another lifetime.
something from a fable
told to a child.

The pines.
The path.
I entered alone.
I followed.
Into the yellowing woods,
Deepening.

A journey back home.
Nights standing vigil.
I was not alone.
waiting for you to appear.
you never appeared.
you just rose.

The path was hard to follow.
many hidden roots and rocks.
and I lose it and pick it up again.

at the center is a clearing.
and a clear pond.
at its center
not your image,
my reflection.

was this the story I’ve been meaning to write?

Short story