My feet hit the trail early and I was pleased to find myself alone in the cloud cover. I could see plenty as I walked but the distances were masked in the misty gray. By the time I got to the small lake my mind was emptied of all my own thoughts and I began to be refreshed.
I could feel the tears on my cheeks become chilled in the cold air and taking off my glove I wiped them from my face. I had no sadness, but I no longer wondered why sometimes the tears would just begin to fall. I sensed a beauty in them indefinable.
All around me was silence, but for the sounds of nature. An ache in my stomach brought to mind a certain anticipation I couldn’t grasp well. I felt deeply in love, yet unable to be satisfied for the depths of my desires. The more time I spent in the presence of the One I loved, the more I longed to be nowhere else.
Son 5:8 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you- if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love.