Quietus
by Judith K. Witherow

The mountains were
awaiting me
just as I believed
they would.
Neither condemning nor
approving
knowing that surface
is surface.
Waiting for the unveiling
of underneath,
for feelings long forgot
to spill out.
An echo to careen across
the tree tops
repeated in unremitting
certainty.
I'm home, I'm home
for good;
what life forsakes
nature reclaims.

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