#lifegoals

Deep in the woods in autumn, the black tree trunks crowd together. Ahead, brilliant white sunshine lights a clearing, making the last clinging yellow leaves glow

I am done with bettering myself

with perfecting this feast for worms

piloting my sinking ship

through seas of unexamined lives

if you want me

you will find me

muddy and ignorant

waist deep in the raspberries

seed-toothed

wild

(2022)