Full cheeked

I am the mundanity

of a dammed creek

damned to

drip

slowly

and pool around

tree ankles.

Mossy rocks

stacked methodically

to frame a winding trail.

Fragile ferns.

Boulders protruding

like a snapped femur.

Calloused arbors

with curled

arthritic fingers.

I am spring green gravity

that

sinks

feet

into soft

heaving

mud.

A chipmunk

full cheeked

in a hollow log.