Thursday, June 11, 2026

The Wild Mother



She misses me, - 

misses my toes on her moss 

misses my legs in her salt sea 

misses my bottom on her stone seats

misses my belly in her breeze 

misses my heart on her mountaintop   

misses my face in her rain and fern and flower.

Perhaps she isn't broken or bleeding,

angry or threatening. Perhaps, simply, 

She misses me, -

misses my wild, open being. 

misses my quiet company.


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