Overcast ...

Sky masked

A hint of sun ...

Not quite begun



A stillness stares

Through the air

Urging a start

Down the path



Around the bend

Beyond the mend

Of broken rocks ...

Cracked on top



Dulled by a sky

Hazy ... yet dry

Chilling the stone

Dry ... to the bone



- Tristram



© Christopher W. Thomas

2:50pm Wed. Jan. 27th, 1999