Writer walker Cheryl Murfin shares words composed on the latest pilgrimage she led along the St. Cuthbert’s Way in the Scottish highlands.
Edgy Not-Quite-Quiet
Feet stepping onto path
Thoughts poured empty
A vessel to be filled
Edgy, not-quite-quiet
Shuddering wings
Breathy vibration
Smoke slowing above chimney
Clouds considering their day
A four-sided window
It’s soundlessness
Pressing out barking dog
Broken by a screaming engine
Fire and heart attack
A razor’s edge
Cutting through beginnings
To arrows pointing “this way.”
Top Image: Cheryl Murfin by Barbara Lyghtel Rohrer
Side bar image: Pixabay/Sabine van Erp
