A Winter's Day - Branches and Stones

Michelle at Confessions of a Desperate Housewife and Irish Gumbo present their second edition of Pic and Prose, for your edification and delight. Enjoy!

“If on a winter’s day a traveler…”*

On winter walks, the boy always thought he would be caught by the branches.

On winter walks, the man fretted the distance he would fall.

Together, they joined hands and leapt.
The fall was not so great, the water not so cold, after all.
They had each other.

*Paraphrased from Italo Calvino’s book “If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler”.

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