Issue 10
Hike
Lisa Hanson
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Five Steps Ahead
On a path that cuts from
ocean, through forest,
with trees two hugs round,
green and green
the soft of moss
in silence so full it makes a sound,
You walk strong and blond.
More than waist high now with
sure steps and swinging arms.
Are you showing me the way my boy?
With each press of foot to ground?
From here I see the path waiting
before you and the space
between your walk and mine.
The packed and ready earth
and I
let your feet create their pace.
I follow the eager brightness of
your curls
facing the truth of
trees and trees
without looking back.
~Lisa Hanson
Lisa Hanson is a University of Washington graduate and Seattle
resident. She recently published a short story in an anthology by Triple Tree
Publishing. Email.
© 2002 by Lisa Hanson. All Rights Reserved.
© Copyright 2002 by Cayuse Press. All Rights Reserved.
This page updated December 23, 2002.