I am and am not Presbyterian, Unitarian, Quaker . . .
I carry my tent and my cookstove
my bedding and rain gear
from place to beautiful
(or ravaged)
place.
Sometimes the view
calls me to
pause,
dwell
for a time.
Other times
it is a Source
clear water
berry bushes
good forage
watercress
tasty fish
or soft leaves to
burrow in.
Or pure fecundity.
Green-ness
that whelms the eyes
Petrichor
that saturates lungs
with earthly
Essence.
And sometimes
It is a place to lay my
burden down,
unpack what I have found
along the way,
and sort it through.
Set aside
what is too unwieldy.
But usually
it is the Light
falling on
and cast through
a certain clearing,
the Shelter
offered by some
Original Tree
that arrests me in my
traces.
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