Darkening: Going Sideways

Energy stoked up after
Application of my meditation strategy,
And carried it on
Into daily life,

But later in the day
Worn out and sleepy,
From the effort?
Or something else?

Never know what
To expect,
Every day’s different,
Every meditation too;

Always travelling,
So much to see,
Never stopping,
Only resting in movement,

Up the mountain
And over the peak,
Down into the valley,
Immersed in green,

Traversing the wilderness,
Getting entangled in thickets,
Sky barely visible
Through the branches and vines,

Know the next mountain’s
Out there,
But struggling to
Keep up the pace,

Darkness sets in
And set camp for the night,
Pitching the tent
In the shadows cast by the firelight.