Synchronicity in the Smokey Mountains

In the deepening dusk and haze and grey,

Surrounded by forest and cricket song.

Moonshine seeping through woods along my way

Though the night is fading and distance long.

My strides continue over fallen leaves

Each step a reminder of what’s ahead

A damp coolness lingering in the breeze.

Is it by choice or faith that I am led?

My breathing now falters grasping for air

And the woods explode with sudden silence.

I stand and wait, knowing the time is here.

The weight of the night becoming immense.

Then broken by lights like stars on the ground

Flicker in rhythm they pulse all around.