Inside the folds of clouds are mountains.

Early Autumn fog consumes their peaks.

Faint sunlight glows, hole slowly emerges,

grows and grows until sorrows dissipate.

Jerrice J. Baptiste is a poet and author. She has published two poetry books, Wintry Mix and Coral in the Diaspora. Her poems have appeared in the Poetry Distillery, Lolwe, Poetica Review, Shambhala Times, Urthona Buddhism & Art and others. She resides in the Hudson Valley where she teaches Authentic Poetry writing!