Step 39. No Passing
Playlist: “Gunpowder and Lead” by Miranda Lambert
Greed was my sin. I lost myself in wanting too much. In having Matthew and wanting Eric, too. I am surely paying a harsh penance now. Am I lost for good? A woman shivering in the cold of a forest bed, whose only will to fight is that of her body’s own sounds betraying her position to unwanted ears, with teeth chattering and rattling my skull as I shiver in the freezing early morning mountain air.
All night I startle awake to the sounds of nature that only come alive at night. And what a moonlit night I was granted; a happy blessing for my hideaway, yet fodder for my fears. I recall countless times of the poisonous snakes that Eric warned me about before setting off for a hike. I twitch continuously as those thoughts
