Carol Toba October 2025 – Voices of the Valley

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                     ON THE TRAIL.                   

I didn’t turn back soon enough

Thunder landed on my head likea a beating  drums as  lightening 

streaked through the woods on both sides of the trail.

Scared and drenched, I rushed down the path to the car. 

Safe!

Days later the trail basked in a warm sun and sweet smelling  forest. 

A Muslim woman in elegant royal blue walked past a young Jewish  couple. 

Neither spoke. 

The couple stopped and asked me

Where is the path to the view?  How far?

They had  walked in the wrong direction. 

Shortly the woman in blue stopped and asked

Where is the path to the view ?  How far?

She too, had gone in the wrong direction. 

There are several paths to choose from here. 

Just one goes to the view. 

Carol  Toba 

  September,  2025