geo-caching
my soul
I
took a walk into the woods today
to
walk away from my words
to
be as far away
as
I could get from their sounds
I
wanted to hear the snap of branches
instead,
beneath my feet
and
the curl brown tiny claps
of
leaves fallen neat
I
took a walk into the woods today
to
see an end to my old self
I
took a walk in the woods today
to
put my breath to the wind
and
to leave none on the shelf
I
took a walk in the woods today
to
spy nothing but the smells of harvest
near
the cling bells of Summer
in
the rear view mirrors of trees
they
catch the wind and my scent too
because
they already knew
I
took a walk in the woods today
to
put down my every lame
I
took a walk in the woods today
to
know what an end could be
without
being a game
I
took a walk in the woods today
so
that the animals could see
I
was abdicating the crown
to
give up the throne
I
took a walk in the woods today
so
I could not be found
in
all the seeded Springs
away
in the distance
so
perhaps time will eventually
unearth
my remains and say
he
took a walk in the woods today
to
bind himself insane
he
took a walk in the woods today
to
leave us the treasure
of
his scattered
broken
bones
his
tattered
spoken
poems
EJR
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