In the Valley of Light and Dark

An upland valley where sunlight runs upon rippling grasses. Spirit, dressed in motley camouflage, pirouettes, scanning dark cliff tops, its light quickened by the press. of looming shadows. On the narrowing pathways of a sky-lit vale a clambering heart dares to climb the high vine of being. Dark nights have long burnished an armor of discipline. The dancer in the warrior leaves the open glen reaching toward the penumbra of death its eternal life elated by a high-stepping conviction that reveals spacious green acres already spreading above.