Grey Matters

Photo by Foad Roshan on Unsplash

Enveloped in gloom -

Physically.

Literally.

Haze from distant wildfires paints our world a fuzzy, watercolor, grey.

Obstacles hidden in the mist, reveal themselves unexpectedly.

In the foreboding, false calm, we are escalated, alert.

We look to the skies, the windows, the doors…seeking escape, running blind…