Wednesday's Verse - From the Lightning to the Stone
This week’s verse moves from science-fantasy poem about alien allies to an eerie speculative piece about a dangerous journey home. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the Lightning to the Stone From the lightning to the stone, we do not walk these paths alone. We do not walk these paths alone. Every step is shadowed, every one. Every one in every way, unless we walk in light of day. For, in light of day, we are alone. No ghostly footsteps echo our own. No ghostly whispers call our names. No ghostly fingers touch our face, so, on stormy days beware, that the thunder in the air, is warning you of dangers close, who in the shade ’neath clouds all rose, to hunt us, as on the path we walk, from the lightning to the stone, an essential journey, where each step takes u
