Poetry Series- Wilderness

We wander. We roam, searching for

home.

Never really sure where our feet will land

We clear our schedules and threw out our plans.

All of our expectations, the good and the bad.

....

Comfortable no longer seems relevant, and safety has become another word.

Society is social distancing- but to some I've never felt closer. ....

We have paused for a moment.

As if in midair of a fall, to assess the world above us, and the distance below.

Some breathed in deeply, and forgot to breathe out.

Or for once in their life finally learned how.

....

To be a child in the woods

To seek adventure and find it,

At first we're just pretending

Until adventure finds us.

.....

My heart is tender to the touch.

Easily moved, from simple conversation and slight remarks. My laughs have never been heartier.

My cries have never been as deep or soul shaking.

Sometimes it feels like I'm breaking, and other times it feels like everything is finally coming together.