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Appalachian Trails

October 28, 2021 by Michael Guerin

Trails which once flowed
with the footfalls
of soft-soled moccasins
are quiet now,
save for the low rumble
of logging truck
or occasional hiker
cutting through.
But if you look
carefully the signs
are still visible, etched
into a forest
fast disappearing.

Old US Army maps,
should you happen to find
one, will detail
an ancient landscape
dotted with towns
and villages
now erased
or abandoned,
their foreign yet
familiar place-names
which still somehow
rattle around
my tongue.

(For Lamar Marshall, surveyor of ancient Cherokee trails)
Photo by Anton Atanasov from Pexels

About Michael Guerin

writer, dreamer, lover, seeker. labels never reach the heart of any matter, but they might be a place to start...

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