memories grow wild

they wore flowers in
their hair and beards.
the grasses beneath our
feet quickly trampled flat.
i laughed along with them
but the man in front of me
could not see for a time.
memories have a tendancy
to grow branches longer
than their roots,
they invite us to climb and
explore until we ourselves
become entangled and forgotten.

sparrow

πšœπš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜πš  πš˜πš— πš–πš’ πš πš’πš—πšπš˜πš πšœπš’πš•πš•
πš•πš˜πš˜πš”πš’πš—πš πš’πš—, πš πš‘πš’πš•πšœπš πš’
πš•πš˜πš˜πš” 𝚘𝚞𝚝.
πšœπšžπš–πš–πšŽπš› πšœπšžπš— πš‹πšŽπšŠπšπš’πš—πš
πš›πšŽπš•πšŽπš—πšπš•πšŽπšœπšœπš•πš’ πš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš•πšŠπšœπšœ πš™πšŠπš—πšŽ.
πš’ πš πšŠπš—πš 𝚝𝚘 πš•πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš’πš›πš πš’πš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ
πšŠπš—πš πšπš’πšŸπšŽ πš’πš πšœπš‘πšŽπš•πšπšŽπš› πšπš›πš˜πš– πšπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšŽπšŠπš,
πš‹πšžπš πšπš‘πšŠπšβ€™πšœ πš—πš˜πš πš‘πš˜πš  πš πš’πš•πš πšπš‘πš’πš—πšπšœ πš πš˜πš›πš”.
πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜πš  πšπš˜πšŽπšœπš—β€™πš πšŒπš˜πš—πšœπš’πšπšŽπš› πš–πšŽ.
πšœπš‘πšŽ πš’πšœ πšŠπšπšπšŽπš› 𝚊 πšœπš™πš’πšπšŽπš› πšœπš™πš’πš—πš—πš’πš—πš πš’πšπšœ πš πšŽπš‹
πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš›πš—πšŽπš› 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš›πšŠπš–πšŽ.
πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜πš  πš•πšŽπšŠπšŸπšŽπšœ
πšŠπš—πš πš’ πšŠπš– πš•πšŽπšπš πš πš’πšπš‘ πšπš‘πšŽ πšŠπš‹πšœπšŽπš—πšŒπšŽ 𝚘𝚏
πš‹πš’πš›πš πšŠπš—πš πšœπš™πš’πšπšŽπš› πšŠπš•πš’πš”πšŽ.

behold

behold the sea of absence,
behold the sea of centuries,
my blood kneeling on a
sunken tree,
and the arm of my anguish
pouring out into the
warm air.

the day

𝚠𝚎 πš–πšŽπšŠπšœπšžπš›πšŽ πšπš‘πšŽ πš˜πšŒπšŽπšŠπš— πš‹πš’ πš‘πšŽπš› 𝚠𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜,
πšŠπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πš πš’πš—πš πš‹πš’ πš‘πš’πšœ πš πš’πš—πšπšœ
πšπš‘πšŠπš πšπš•πšžπšπšπšŽπš› πš‹πš’ πšŠπš—πš 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚒.

𝚠𝚎 πš–πšŽπšŠπšœπšžπš›πšŽ πš˜πšžπš›πšœπšŽπš•πšŸπšŽπšœ πš‹πš’ πš˜πšžπš› πšπšŽπšŠπš›πšœ

πšŠπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πšŠπš’πš› πšœπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŽπšœπš πš˜πš— πš‘πšŽπš› πšœπš’πšœπšπšŽπš›πšœ
πšπš‘πšŽ πš•πšŽπšŠπšŸπšŽπšœ

πšπš‘πšŽ πš πšŠπšπšŽπš› πšŒπš˜πš•πš•πšŽπšŒπšπšœ πš’πš— πš˜πšžπš› 𝚎𝚒𝚎𝚜

πšŠπš—πš 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚐𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚝 πš πš’πšπš‘ πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπšžπš—,
πšŠπš—πš 𝚏𝚊𝚍𝚎 πš’πš—πšπš˜ πš—πš˜πšπš‘πš’πš—πš?

we

we are the land.

we are the memories.

we are the stories.

these rivers do flow,
in our blood.

watching the magic

we wore feathers
and danced in starlight.
our language was that of
luminosity and crystal castles.
we hung diamonds from tree
branches, like earrings
and watched them swing
like pendulums
in the wind.
the rivers, they knew us
and the moon, she smiled
watching the magic
beneath her.

by the water

πš πš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšπš’πš—πš πšπš’πšœπš‘,
𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšπš’πš—πš πšπšžπš•πš•πšœ.

comfort in simple things

πšπš˜πš–πšŠπšπš˜ πšœπš˜πšžπš™,
𝚊 πšŒπšžπš™ 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚎𝚊,
πš‹πšŽπš›πš›πš’πšŽπšœ πš™πš’πšŒπš”πšŽπš,
πšπš›πš˜πš– 𝚊 πšπš’πšŸπš’πš—πš πšπš›πšŽπšŽ.
πšπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšžπš– 𝚘𝚏 πš‹πšŽπšŽπšœ,
πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπš‘πš’πš›πš™πšœ 𝚘𝚏 πš‹πš’πš›πšπšœ
πšœπš˜πš–πšŽ πš‘πš˜πš›πšœπšŽπšœ πš—πšŽπš’πšπš‘
πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπš˜πšžπš—πšπšœ πš’ πš‘πšŽπšŠπš›πš.

πš πš’πš—πš πš›πšžπšœπšπš•πš’πš—πš πšπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ πšπš›πšŽπšŽπšœ,
πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπšŠπš•πš 𝚜𝚎𝚊 πšŠπš’πš›.
πšπš›πšŽπšŽπš— πšœπšŠπš•πšŠπš πšŠπš—πš 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝-πš™πšŽπšŠ,
πš’πšβ€™πšœ πšŠπš•πš• πš›πš’πšπš‘πš πšπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ.
πš πšŠπš›πš– πš”πš—πš’πšπšπšŽπš πšœπš˜πšŒπš”πšœ,
𝚊 𝚍𝚘𝚐-πšŽπšŠπš›πšŽπš πš‹πš˜πš˜πš”.
𝚊 πš πšŽπš•πš• πš πš˜πš›πš— πš“πš˜πšžπš›πš—πšŠπš•,
πš’πš— 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚒 πš—πš˜πš˜πš”.

πš›πšŠπš’πš— πš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πš πš’πš—πšπš˜πš ,
πšπš‘πšžπš—πšπšŽπš› πšŒπš•πš˜πšžπšπšœ πšπšŠπšπš‘πšŽπš›.
πš•πš’πšπš‘πšπš—πš’πš—πš πš•πš’πš—πšŽπšœ πš•πš’πš”πšŽ πšœπš’πš—πšŽπš ,
𝚊𝚜 πš πšŠπšπšŽπš› πš™πš’πšπšπšŽπš›-πš™πšŠπšπšπšŽπš›πšœ.
πšŠπš—πš’πš–πšŠπš•πšœ πšŒπšžπš›πš•πšŽπš πš‹πš’ πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš›πšŽ,
πšœπš—πšžπšπšπš•πšŽπš πšžπš—πšπšŽπš› πš‹πš•πšŠπš—πš”πšŽπšπšœ.
πš›πšŽπšŠπšπš’πš—πš πš‹πš’πš•πš‹πš˜ πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπš‘πš’πš›πšŽ,
πšŠπš›πšŽ πšπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ πš–πš˜πš›πšŽ πšπšŽπš•πš’πšπš‘πšπšπšžπš• πšŠπš—πšπš’πšŒπšœ?

my backpack

πš–πš’ πš‹πšŠπšŒπš”πš™πšŠπšŒπš”, πš’πš πš‘πšŠπšœ πš‘πš˜πš•πšŽπšœ
πšπš‘πšŠπš πš—πšŽπšŽπš πšœπš˜πš–πšŽ πš™πšŠπšπšŒπš‘πš’πš—πš πšžπš™.
πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ πš’ πšπšŠπš”πšŽ πš’πš πšŠπš—πš’πš πš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ
πš’πš—πšŒπšŠπšœπšŽ πšπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŠπš’πš—πšœ 𝚍𝚘 πšœπšπšŠπš›πš.

πš‹πšžπš πšπš‘πšŽπšœπšŽ πš‘πš˜πš•πšŽπšœ πšπšŽπš•πš• 𝚊 πšœπšπš˜πš›πš’,
πšŽπšŸπšŽπš›πš’ πš πšŽπšŠπš› πšŠπš—πš πšŽπšŸπšŽπš›πš’ πšπšŽπšŠπš›.
𝚘𝚏 πšžπš—πšŽπšŸπšŽπš— πš™πšŠπšπš‘πšœ πš•πšŽπšœπšœ πšπš›πš˜πšπšπšŽπš—
πšŠπš—πš πš–πš’πšœπšŠπšπšŸπšŽπš—πšπšžπš›πšŽπšœ πšπšŠπš›πšŽπš.

πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπšŒπšŠπš›πšœ πšπšŽπš•πš• 𝚞𝚜 𝚊 πšœπšπš˜πš›πš’
𝚘𝚏 πšŽπš‘πš™πšŽπš›πš’πšŽπš—πšŒπšŽπšœ πšŽπš—πšπšžπš›πšŽπš.
πšœπš˜πš–πšŽπšπš’πš–πšŽπšœ πšπš‘πšŽπš’ πšŠπš›πšŽ πš‘πšŠπš™πš™πš’,
πšŠπš—πš πš˜πšπš‘πšŽπš›πšœ πš—πš˜πš 𝚜𝚘 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍.

πš‹πšžπš πšπš‘πšŠπš πš’πšœ πš“πšžπšœπš πšπš‘πšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚒 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πš’πš—πšπšœ,
πšŠπš—πš πš πš‘πšŠπš πš•πš’πšπšŽ πš‘πšŠπšœ 𝚝𝚘 πš˜πšπšπšŽπš›.
πš˜πšžπš› πšπšŠπš•πšŽπšœ 𝚘𝚏 πšŸπšžπš•πš—πšŽπš›πšŠπš‹πš’πš•πš’πšπš’,
πšŠπš—πš πš‘πšŽπšŠπš›πšπšœ πšπš‘πšŠπš πšœπš˜πš–πšŽπšπš’πš–πšŽπšœ πšπšŠπš•πšπšŽπš›.