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Path

Haiku Challenge

By Jadie PerduePublished 3 years ago 1 min read
Path
Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash

A layer of ice

Distorts steps, awaiting snow

Move backwards in cold

A well-travelled path

Still familiar, but strange

The dirt rearranged

A prayer to the wind

To find balance, move forward

On a centered breeze

Let new steps be burned

By fortune and well-placed rays

Of sunlight ahead.

nature poetry

About the Creator

Jadie Perdue

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