Written by Darrell Smith
I’ve seen this place before
Yet I walk upon it like it’s unchartered territory
Wondering where and when I’ve set bare feet here?
It’s the feel of the soil between my toes, ALL TOO familiar
YET I seem to have lost my way
I continue on down the weeded path with no real direction of where I’m going
Yet, I know this place
The way the wind blows through the path’s tunnel
A brownish black snake I’ve seen before slithers in front of me
I notice a scar upon its back
That familiar scar deep within the geometric shapes of its back, like a cross
Convinced that I’m in a familiar place where life is endless, I travel barefoot 🦶 onward knowing not where I’ll end
I recognize the smell, sweetness of the bayou that runs side by side in tandem with the path I walk
I’ve been here before; I’ll be here again; I’ll, eternally, be here
Aquatically, bountiful, teeming with wildlife, it’s symbiotically, twinned with the bayou
Naturally connected to me in some unknown way, I gain dimensional fortitude upon its organizational web of prairie wilderness
No clue to how I’m connected
I’m satisfied
I’m connected to this living organism
Dead organic matter, I stumble upon
Putrefaction fills the atmosphere
Rich, organic matter lingers there disappearing, richness enhancing the complexity of this place
Natural work being done deep within this ecosystem
Its familiarity stirs within me familiar emotions
A place of naturalness
I’m one with this familiar, yet foreign place
I relish its mystery; not important to know
Not knowing is knowing
Knowing is too intensely perfection
I live in unknown, yet known symbiosis
I’m drawn to this known/unknown place, cellular magnetic mysticism
There is no end in sight, looping back to the beginning
I delight in the conundrum-ness
Gleefully, lost on this prairie loop
Evasive reality
I wander where the path opens
Triggered by my own unknown mysterious energy I move as if in a trance, stealthily
Text © Darrell Smith
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