Crib Goch, and other melodramatic metaphors

On a knife edge, the threat of falling
shrouded in a misty pall,
each step a battle of will over fear.
Others stride across a broad thoroughfare;
I snarl at their sunny backs;
gravity has grappled me to the rock.

About Rosalind C Hughes

Rosalind C Hughes is an Episcopal priest, poet, and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.

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