Silver forks dance across the horizon, illuminating the blue-grey afternoon sky
\nDroplets pelt the near-invisible screen before me, blocking the road from view<\/p>\n
I slow, fearing I might lose control in a fog so thick they call it rain<\/p>\n
Roadsigns slide by
\nPractically invisible
\nCompletely unreadable<\/p>\n
Red eyes stare at me through the thicket
\nThe beasts to which they are attached nothing more than dark shapes lumbering in obscurity<\/p>\n
Soon the brambles relent, no longer tearing at the glass barrier separating us
\nSoft rays clamber through from above<\/p>\n
I signal my intent and exit, leaving the dark forest of water behind
\nPraying that those wanderers still hidden within its depths find their path safely home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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