When Wolf and Rabbit walked the Appalachian Trail, their Love made the sun smile, the wind hum, and the rivers giggle. It was an infectious happiness that infused that long first step onto the path.
You see, Wolf and Rabbit started that first step with their first kiss, and all that followed preceded that first step. Oh, they didn’t know that their first kiss would lead to that first hug and so forth. Yes, love and engagement and marriage came, too. And then came the children, two independent souls who gave more to Wolf and Rabbit than any parent could give back. And nurturing two souls into healthy, happy, hoppy children and then into responsible contributors to the World was gratifyingly taxing, but really a complete first-step decelerator.
There were also many distracting squirrels for Wolf. He followed his snout, uncovering interesting things that the World cached away for his discovery and enjoyment and involvement. Indeed, the World was a fascinating place, a maze full of wonders and threads to follow and magic to do. Just the sort of place for Wolf to explore.
And Rabbit, balancing her nurturing nature with professed potential spun plates as she poured her whole self out like an inky octopus with more than eight things to contend with. Rabbit felt too much of what was around her, so her view and experience of the World was understandably rabbit-ish, full of caution and extreme care.
But her velveteen heart was brimming with optimism and hope. And her love of Wolf and their two cherubs wrapped and protected the family like a palpable force field in a way her family never knew nor thanked her for. Not that she sought any gratitude, just that her selflessness was not squandered.
And it wasn’t.
Giving so much, Rabbit would have faded or frayed, but for Wolf’s adoration and love. He sustained her, reset her frames of reference, zapped her with a bit of uncertainty.
Setting their two offsping free, Wolf and Rabbit were finally able to complete that first step started with this first kiss, that first hug, and all. When Wolf and Rabbit finally set foot on that Trail, the birds zig-zagged madly, the fish did back flips, and the deer tittered gossiply.
And all was good.
– 26apr10
