near the southernmost tip of the Cascades in late June
from where pawprints spoke in the snow long ago of a jackrabbit's flight from coyotes
follow a slightly overgrown woodchip trail past a
garden through woods into a glade
then within that glade
pause near a
sculpture:
tall
round
sun-
drenched
sculpture:
a peace sign
then further into
the forest pause near the edge of
a ring of pines wherein concentric circles of stones
beckon from the ground through gaps where that path to peace and beyond leads to a labyrinth
