May 27, 2017

My feet hit the soft trail in a familiar rhythm, my breathing takes a minute to fall into place. I look up from the trail and see the green, the old growth, the moss and its beauty surrounds me.

The cotton wood has gone to seed.

Cotton swirls like snow softly floating down...it feels like magic...I know your near.

The sun beams breaks through the leaves above me as I round the corner.

It's your hat I see first, love and happiness fill my heart.

I stop to watch you from the trail.

You are holding that all to familiar camera, adjusting the tripod.

You see the shot. Click. You adjust.

breathe

Your finger presses ever so softly, one quick look on the viewfinder...

You captured it the way your mind envisioned it.

You look over your shoulder and smile at me with that incredible smile...

my breath catches and my throat swells.

I want to say so much but the words get stuck...you look at me and slowly nod, giving me a soft smile as though you know my thoughts. The tears run down my cheeks.

I see you look away, your eye has caught another beauty and you turn to capture it.

My eyes shift to take in the scene again...to be present. I look back only to see your hat moving through the forest...

I pick up the pace again slowly returning to the comfort of my own rhythm...wiping the tears from my cheek.

Love & gratitude

xoxo