Me

Cold touches me.

Darkness engulfs me.

The Universe surrounds me. 

Stars interlaced with clouds evidence the ongoing of space.

I stand at the focal point of all that is.

I know I am because I feel and perceive.

I shake as the cool wind carries away my body’s heat.

A silent tree stands stark and white against dark shadows of sky and trees beyond.

My mind reaches out of trembling body.

The cold disappears.

My search for reason wanders through the vast expanse of time and space.

Answers elude.

I only accept the sound, smells, sights and feelings and surrender to their natural consequences.

The mind rests.

The elements are me, and I the elements.

Tomorrow will be soon enough to understand.