Twilight in a Pass

II of VI from An Adirondack Guide

Sep 2, 2023

Rain threatens tomorrow
but this heavenly night can’t be
dampened. Tucked between
Marcy and Skylight, the Milky Way

Soothes teamwork-blisters formed
from wrestling high-peaks.
Boy leaders rushed ahead and
missed a fork. Dawdlers mushed on

convinced they’d been left behind.
The forest glade would have been
a perfect camp, evergreens and
maples with time to reflect.

But restless teens separated in a
wilderness know only one sure path.
Up! So reached again is Marcy’s
crest; the sluggish first, the spirited

An anxious hour later, and I,
a tension bridge stretched between,
yet thankful for new bonds
tied in a twilight pass.