Mist Closes

So often we walk
through smoke and fog
asleep to the beating
heart of the earth.
We fall into the webbing
of our linearity
trapped in the mesh
of circumstance
of survival
and often not live the life
our spirit and dreams of youth
held up before our glowing eyes.
The mist closes, the fog thickens
and it seems we wait for waiting
and the waiting for the waiting
consumes the fragments
of hope within our souls.

David Fraser likes to balance his life among a variety of activities in the areas of writing, education and sports. When he is not formally working as an educator, he is either writing and researching or involved in one of the following sports: alpine skiing, ski teaching as a full time professional ski instructor at Mt. Washington, BC http://www.mtwashington.bc.ca/winter/default.cfm , windsurfing, tennis, golf, cycling, hiking. In addition he likes to garden, listen to the blues, and search for his way through Taoism. He has built his second water garden which has become his new daily sanctuary. His is learning and refining his Spanish fluency and will travel back to Central and South America in the near future. He lives among the flora and fauna of the British Columbia West Coast. David is the editor of Ascent Magazine - Aspirations for Artists (established 1997)

Email: David Fraser

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