You are not lost

by | Poetic pauses

You are not lost, dear one

This wilderness is known to you

Feral scents have led you down the hidden tracks

Your paws have felt the secret paths softened by decaying leaves

Your whiskers have sensed the curves of tunnels formed over years of passage

Your wings have glided on the rising warmth of this place

Let your animal body guide the way

It doesn’t need a map or a well-trodden path

But surrender to its soft knowing and you will find yourself sure-footed once again