wondering whether

which trail

will wind inland

and switch

back to the beach

where we started

low fog over

headless hills

hunkered

down and into

the valley

dirt trails

like scars

where

humanity

cut into

nature

natural stone

stair steps

in the trail

that refused

to grade

in some

pleasant

purgatory

between

dirt trail

blue sky

up high enough

into the fog

white nothing

lifted off away

from it all