precipice

i got so stuck looking for the map

i forgot to wander

these hills and valleys of deliverance

knocking down signposts

and standing there

smirking

at my own confusion

in the same way you led me here

as if it mattered

as if i mattered

and the trees just keep breathing

their dark ragged breaths

as if dying and winter

are the same

: :

i built a red cairn

in a bowl of misfortune

balanced everything

just long enough

to understand

falling is a journey

of its own

and landing

is not

destination

: :

Kelly LaFleur

"Life is a pencil, write your story."