river talk

Approaching a new year

By SANDY LONG
Posted 12/16/25

Tracks in Snow

While we slept 

it crept 

in metered steps 

through new snow.

It intersected 

the trail of another—

sister, brother, 

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Approaching a new year

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Tracks in Snow

While we slept 
it crept 
in metered steps 
through new snow.

It intersected 
the trail of another—

sister, brother, 
mother, father,
friend or foe?

Will we know?

Do we need some sense 
of certainty?

Or can we softly let it go?
© Sandy Long 

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