geography – leaf and twig

The Dear Nearness Of The Wilderness

miles of mountains
populated only by trees
as it should be

ledge edge
defined by snow
precarious perfection

mapping
the diminutive
continent of moss

palisades reveal
the peaks and sheers
of this Appalachian’s child

in the terrain of dreams
every worm and woodpecker hole
is a passageway to the realm beyond

neither even or fair
the lay of the land
embraces inconsistency

snow recedes
with the mysteriousness
of spring’s birth