brave cartographer

even once everything is charted out

will you still be content with exploring me?


I'm too shy to ever take a photo of you

I put faith in my mind, I put great faith in it


I broke into the house I grew up in as a child

Just to see if my body remembered how to navigate the backyard


A bunch of young adults now occupy the home

This place is neglected and overgrown


You stuck a flag on my bare, empty neck 

Proof of existence


I am an unstable body of land

Everyday a seismic activity every other day torrential weather 


You are a brave cartographer

And when the sun sets you will sail to brave the seas once more


The flag is raised

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