Navigating

We tried to go back to the old hills

but they were gone, tried to navigate

the once familiar paths,

but after walking them awhile

we could tell that we were blind

and couldn’t see the markers

Strangely, we could also tell

that we had never seen them —

we had been content with blindness before —

now we can’t abide it

and we would rather

not take any steps except

when walking in the light,

not say anything

unless we know it’s true.

©Wendy Mulhern

May 16, 2018