I looked up at the sun
and the ice in the trees
and, in the lens,
I saw footsteps,
in the snow, on my hill.
and I couldn’t help wonder,
whose they were,
and where they went.
did a friend come by?
a stranger?
where could they have gone
without my knowing,
or could it have been me,
in a reverie.
was a dog,
walking alongside?
15
December
Footsteps
by Jon Katz