Before the sun set,
the first silvered wisps of fog
began to form low in the valley,
tending slightly upward
as they drifted south

Five minutes later
the valley had begun to fill,
fog rising between trees
setting off the different distances,
the fall colors looked more red
amid the rising clouds

Meanwhile, behind the hills,
the sun had set
and the sky was turning red,
marbled and magnificent

And I thought: here, just here,
is exactly where I want to be,
above this valley and on this journey,
upward as I’m led, attended by beauty.

©Wendy Mulhern
October 22, 2019