Mental Notes While Hiking
Aug 13, 2024
We could live
our lives
for ourselves
and only ourselves
as if this summer
in Eden
will last forever
we could break people
like the twigs
crunching beneath our feet
even as the leaves shielding
us from the sun
are dying
and falling
to the earth
where they were born
we could live for ourselves
and only ourselves
always feasting
but never finding satisfaction
always joking around
but never from a place of joy
for what is life
without a love
that comes from
outside ourselves