1. Bury Me
Something in me whispers
on days like these.
Whispers truths
and they are clean and clear
and ringing.
Something inside me
speaks, and it tells me
that I am not broken.
That I am whole,
even when this world
is breaking.
The snow falls outside
covering all that is ugly
and dirty and I
can almost pretend
that the world is wild
like it used to be
when I was a child.
I want to be covered
in the white and the cold,
one with the earth,
I want to breathe in
the sweet smell of ice
and nostalgia,
and listen to the
trees creaking while
life holds it's breath
in the crisp winter air.
Everything is muffled
as the snow falls,
and I walk through
the trees as they hibernate,
and I feel more whole
than I have ever been
despite all the pain.
This is home.
Amongst the tall trees
heavy and sleepy,
trudging through
the woods of my childhood,
searching for the perfect place
to sit and contemplate
this incredible existence,
and wait for the storm to
bury me.