Elephant Steps

Mikayla Millard, “Untitled”

by Emma Elisabeth Murphy

Even the wisest of creatures

tramples the life that surrounds. 

When does the heaviness of

stability become the burden of 

unasked for power?

We go about our days as

kind as we can be. Tethered

roots feeding the unknown –

still, death lingers at every

stomp of the foot. + We forget,

for just a moment, the precious

craft of caring for another.

Even the wisest of creatures

affects the hearts that surround,

for better or worse – leaving

only a cavernous footprint

where four pillars once stood.