{"id":4913,"date":"2013-03-15T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allandouglas.com\/blog\/?p=4913"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:41","slug":"lost-in-the-fog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/lost-in-the-fog\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost in the Fog"},"content":{"rendered":"

At no point in my life have I ever thought of myself as a poet.\u00a0 Most days I could not write poetry to save my life.\u00a0 But once in a while – when in a highly charged emotional state – something that resembles poetry drips from the point of my pencil.\u00a0 None of this has ever been published – or even submitted anywhere – but I thought I’d toss out a few pieces and see if they float.\u00a0 This one could be considered the flip side of the coin for Walls.<\/a>
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Lost in the Fog<\/h2>\n
\"fog,<\/a>
Photo by Allan Douglas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Depression<\/a> is a fog;
\nA thick grey blanket that steals in.
\nA few wisps at first
\nThat wrap around your feet unnoticed.
\nThen rise higher, thicker
\nUntil you are enveloped, trapped, lost.
\nYou find you are alone,
\nYou know not the way back home.
\nYou have no direction;
\nAll paths are swallowed by the mist.
\nYou are lost!<\/p>\n

You need another.
\nSomeone on the right path with a light,
\nProviding direction.
\nYou move toward the light hopefully
\nAnd find a savior.
\nWho guides you out of the low lands
\nWhere wood is sodden.
\nOn the high ground mists are thin
\nAnd firewood dry.
\nBuild a bright, blazing campfire
\nAnd drive away the fog.<\/p>\n

Keep your fire stoked.
\nGather crisp branches and add their worth.
\nFire dispels the fog.
\nThe heat drives back the chilling mists
\nWarming your bones
\nAnd bringing joy to your soul again.
\nKeep your fire stoked,
\nAllow it to serve as a light for others
\nWho have lost their way.
\nWatch for travelers, trapped in the fog,
\nAnd repay your debt.<\/p>\n

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