The dense fog hangs low upon the darken earth as we walk along fingers entwined. Beads of moisture from the mystical mist forms across our brows as the scuffing of our feet on the dusty dirt road keep a quirky rhythm for our thoughts to follow. We know not what the morrow brings, but we know that the personification of perfection lies between us on this abandoned earthen passage of the deep south.
How many pairs of lovers has this land seen pass through the still of the night, hidden from the inquisitive gaze of the low-slung harvest moon by the ethereal fog enveloping us in the loving embrace of understanding? The barren, skeletal arms of the ancient oaks reach out to harvest the affection we share to clothe themselves with comforting memories until their green drapery returns as the sign of renewed life promised each spring. The Spanish moss hanging from the elbows and knuckles of the gnarled joints of these silent sentries appear as lacy kerchiefs to dab away the sorrow swelling in our eyes as we fight back the contemplation of the separation racing towards us with each lunge of Helios’ chariot as it brings closer the amber glow upon the horizon.
All we know is now, all we have is now for the uncertainty will rise with the force of the coming dawn and we may never pass this way again.
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Originally published on steemit
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