I wade quietly through the sun and the green.
In a wounded nest of mountains.
Browned from fires, holding only the strong and loneliest trees.
Standing embarrassed of the space around them.
I want to hold their leafy hands.
Tucked away from my noisy concrete world.
I secretly indulge myself.
In time.
Drinking it up selfishly as though no one else will miss it.
I inhale now.
So deep it hurts and with the exhale...
My weapons disarm.
I am the soft underneath.
Belly up and vulnerable.
Exoskeleton cracked and torn away by eager fingers.
Be tender with me now.
As I am guilty from ever having complained.
Life is beautiful in my nest.
I find comfort somewhere
Unexpectedly and too sleepy for searching.