Body and soul went up to the road that had for the past
Four months been closed by an upturned berm of ice, dirt, and snow
And found the remains of the berm removed, the road open.
For hope it felt symbolic, felt like possibility,
The giant ponderosas high and handsome in the sun.
Hardly half a mile later, the old roadside snows encroached
And then swallowed the pavement ahead. The tracks of horses
And ATVs wandered away from there and disappeared.
How far can you go? That's the only question the answer
To which body and soul would ever have wanted to know.
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