04 March 2026

Traces

Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts


A few days after the blizzard.

 Soft drifts are at rest

  and

 the trees are standing, being themselves.

  

 Others, 

  tracing where paths do not appear 

   unless already passed.

  

 Stepping on someone's footprints, in the hope that they will hold. 

  Sometimes they do,

    very often they don't 

 and my boot sinks into the hole... 

Estabrook Woods: … a few days after…

Estabrook Woods: … soft drifts at rest…

Estabrook Woods: … standing there, being themselves…

Estabrook Woods: … others tracing through…

Estabrook Woods: … staying grounded…

Estabrook Woods: … where paths do not appear…

Estabrook Woods: … unless already passed…

Estabrook Woods: … those that stand…

Estabrook Woods: … stream…

Estabrook Woods: … and roll along…

Estabrook Woods: … parting…

Estabrook Woods: … because trees are on the way…

Estabrook Woods: … it does not matter much, does it ?…

Estabrook Woods: … flowing shadows…

Estabrook Woods: … and a deer’s footprints…

Estabrook Woods: … in the deep snow…