The Dear Nearness Of The Wilderness

miles of mountains
populated only by trees
as it should be

Topography

here it is recorded
every nuance
of each day

Tender Topography

colors smolder
as light negotiates night
landscape of the soul

Shifting

neither even or fair
the lay of the land
embraces inconsistency

Zig Zag

like the teeth of a zipper
brown and ground emerge
opening to spring