A Prayer for Woodland Travelers

by Ari Berk

Lasting light upon the track at dusk,

No forest as deep as a single day,

All the wolves have fled;

Before darkness, before winter,

I am safely home.

About the Author:
Ari Berk is a writer, visual artist, and scholar of literature, history, iconography, and comparative myth. For more information, please visit the author’s Endicott bio page.

Copyright © 1999 by Ari Berk. The poem not be reproduced in any form without the author’s express written permission.