Forest Floor

I´m very glad this photo is published on "The Sea Letter", a literary journal of poetry and short fiction, based in Galveston, Texas.

Many thanks to Leo Gonzales!

thesealetter.com/2020/04/10/ive-been-here/

 

 

I’ve Been Here

 

Leaves covered the rough ground

Musty smells mixed with

Fresh October air

I crawled out of the tent

Drank hot black coffee

And began my day’s task of learning to read signs

 

Behind the tent on a steep slope

I examined my footprints

So I would know how it looked

When I passed through

 

For hours I studied

A cracked leaf

A snapped twig

A depression

After a time, I saw that

I had been there

Unmistakable

 

Written by Robert A. Miller

By "The Sea Letter"

Done