Glimmer

It caught my eye

That shimmer-gleam between the rocks

Bending ice

That gave beneath my feet

An accommodation unexpected.

What a gift!

Shining a secret my way

Water that pooled in the hollows

Then froze and rendered a footing

A floor to help me find my way.

I continued on my rocky, crooked path

And thought of how much it seemed

Like life itself

Twisting, smoothing, pliant, giving

A turn here and there.

Then around the next corner

Sheer surprize!!

The cliff dropped from this dizzying height

Where now?  Oh God, this was not my plan

But then I see the marbled way down.

Natural steps embedded in the cliff

Not always regular, but adequate

My boots gripped the pillars’ strength

I descended, apprehensive at first

Then gaining confidence.

At the bottom I turned my face upwards

To look at the sheer enormity of my descent

I marvelled at the feat that I had accomplished

It started with glimmer-magic on my pathway

And ended here by the soft waters lapping at my feet.

I gazed across the dappled lake, trembling in pewter

Towards the rusty sun creeping down

A gull dipped low to call out its mourning

There would be another kind of morning

A new dawn would reveal more magic.

Then?  I would be ready with my boots

Ready to tramp, or hike, or holler

Whatever that new life would ask of me…

What new adventure!
What new path? ...

Might glimmer and catch my eye.

cailin raine