Sacred Ground

Sacred Ground



In this beautiful wildness I find that I am alone.

The sun has set.

It is dark here;

Dark and quiet and full of peace.

I look up into the stained-glass sky of this hollowed cathedral;

My life escaping this body on my breath.

Its cloud hangs frozen in the air before dissipating into tiny crystals.

Far off –

Somewhere beyond these woods lies another time,

Another life.

But now is the time to drink in all the beauty that surrounds me,

And remember;

Remember who I am,

Remember why I’m here,

Remember the sacredness of this place we tread so freely.

All this will not last forever.

All too soon it could be gone.

So,

I shall take my time in this hallowed place–

Breathe it all in.

For I know that when I return; 

In some distant time,

This may all be…

Gone.