On The Trail

Blood singing in your veins
Heart pounding the rhythm of a marching band
Legs straining to make the next stride forward

Forest full of riotous color and smell
Blue mountains crowding the horizon framed by great white clouds
Path strewn with rocks older than the ages

Pack riding about your hips and snug to your back
Sheen of sweat on your skin staining the shirt you wear
Eyes seeing all around through polarized lenses

Wildlife browsing for food or resting in the afternoon sun
River roaring over the falls down to the sea
Fish lazily swimming about in calm pools

Poles in hand, arms swinging in time
Skin warmed by the sun shining down and dappled by the shade of the overhanging trees
Feet scrambling for purchase over the carpet of the land

Mind at peace in tune with nature’s glory
Soul filled with a song of glory and wonder for the work of His hand and beauty of the land
Refreshed, revived, on the trail again