Day 7 in the Woods
*
On the trail
I’m walking
and thinking
a big bear
appears.
Stop
breathe
and think
eat me
hug me
no matter
what, is is
and feeling
body of mine
is a trick of mind.
*
I’m walking along
looking down.
He pulls the trigger.
The 50 cal. flies through
one ear obliterating the other.
Now what?
If you gotta make it up,
presence is being elusive.
.*
They say, “I am my brother’s keeper”.
I say ‘I am my brother, for there is no other’.
*
a crinkled leaf
rolled past
i followed
it stopped.
i stopped,
smiled, bowed,
and moved on.
*
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