In the twilight hours
Deep within the hidden grasses
Ferns and branches
Of thick and ancient forest
I lay myself to rest
Each night
Between two trees I carve a circle
Scraping and pulling away the dried leaves
Branches, roots and grasses
Revealing the damp, dark earth
I plant myself there
In this womb
In this tomb
I surrender my flesh to
Move away from my bones
And slither like veins
From my heart
Crawling like vines
To ground myself once again
With the rising of the sunʼs rays
Reaching through the thick wooded hideaway
All my tears mix with dew and I'm renewed
I am a vortex
I open my eyes to you
As time slows down
We dive through layers together
Levels of matter invisible to eyes of others
I see who you are
Underneath the lies you tell yourself
I am an evergreen
I am neverending
I move towards you
I give to you
And you would take
Until there's nothing left to give
I am destruction
I am the fires and earthquakes
Deep within the belly of this earth
Flaming through my eyes
I take back what's mine
As I leave you to wither and carbonize
I am the raging sea
Spewing foam and salt and tracing
A path of descent into the murky waters of
A downward spiral of renewal
I am a catalyst
Spinning into time
Spiraling into itself
As old as age
And as young as this moment
Like a snake devouring its own tail.