The Merciful Glimpse
densely thickening
slate mist fills the hollow breeze
thins for a moment
then bulks like spent wet ashes
in horizonless cocoon
snow tamps under foot
even greyer than this air
mist twists silently
swirling hem of dancing cloak
mountain dervish diversion
mist steams from gullies
settles its weight in each col
uneases walking
until the Merciful Glimpse
distant map of valley floor
Ted Eames, 2018