Beyond the Clouds
It was a rainy cold day But we went hiking anyway The ground was sopping wet The trail was hard to see Our clothes were wet within minutes But we went hiking anyway We thought we were on a loop trail. We knew we were somewhere in the woods. We walked through many briers that covered the path. We climbed over fallen logs. We slipped on the water seeped trail. We crunched through the dead leaves... Until we came to a clearing To the left of us, stood a few trees and total whiteness. We were in the clouds. Someone commented: "This is what it is like to have no dreams." (Pictures are not from the story's hike) I knew what that was like. Several years before, my plan to go into a Master's degree fell through. Every dream that I imagined had been hinged on that degree. When that degree fell off the cliff, I was left watching everything else falling down after it. At the present, I was at a good place. There was nothing to worry about. The scenery around me was pleasant. P...