I Have a Revelation
In this forest abyss, I navigate my tender to the touch nerves -
the finger tracing surface pain, a fixation on the all too silent footfall,
prints that talk behind my back. They patronize me with hyena laughs,
lurking tendrils that wind around my path.
tangible tightrope -
the lasso ready to hang
me on fervent branch
Intrigue finds me running, screaming through skeletal fingers —
branches tearing at my hair and clothes. I hear the forest floor
and ceiling laughing at me, driving me to the brink of insanity.
Pausing, I have a revelation...I recall a tale, a wild whopper
of a portal in the epicenter of the woods.
spontaneous thought
dare i enter a new world -
earth’s fraught with danger
I find a clearing up ahead once I step through dense fog. Funny,
I am suddenly all alone with the tallest tree. I know I must climb
into the clouds. I eat the fruit as I make my trek.
Aromatic, juicy, so alive this food.
empowered with strength
leaving suffering behind - -
must be tree of life
1/29/2020
Eight word challenge 1 2020 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: John Hamilton
Copyright © Kim Rodrigues | Year Posted 2020
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