We hike to a great height and camp. At daybreak, we find the summit overhead has risen steeply since we started.

Will this continue if we go on? we wonder.

However, the summit shines beside a sky deep and blue. Let it grow, we think, and set out towards it.

Norbert Kovacs lives and writes in Hartford, Connecticut. He has published stories in Westview, Thin Air, Headway, Corvus Review, and The Write Launch. See more at norbertkovacs.net.