Old Coats

So misty

I could not see.

Fog that looked like old coats hanging between trees.

 

My feet stepped one after another

along the gray path I arbitrarily chose.

 

A tree would pass

with rough brown bark penetrating the mist –

a sword through flesh.

 

My stride’s lullaby began rolling like a rock

and the coats, heavy as concrete,

crashed into the ground.