trembling
from the cool night air
he awoke
with a start
confused,
his mind started to
reassemble
a sense of where he was
a forest
surely, and oh yes,
on a walk
in the late afternoon heat,
tired, he
laid down just to rest
an
effortless sleep
followed
his slowing mind.
penetrating
the darkness
a faint
light, a glow
voices
quietly chanting
something
unfamiliar
something
comforting
he rose
and stumbled
towards
it
he was
not alone
small and
not-small animals
drawn to
this, this, he wasn’t sure
but he
did know his soul wouldn’t
be
complete without …
