academia

the road winds up

to the place where i learn. 

the value of learning. the value of trees. 

the value of self. 

the value of transparency.

the value of mountain tops, and the fall from them. 

downthere

cracked sidewalks. or no sidewalk at all,

because it is a home. where you may live, where you may die.

streets you have walked.

you will walk again. 

the island that gave me life

sunshine dripping all over my face. 

wind in my lungs

can't even breath.

heavy air, salty and smooth. 

mountains and tree skeletons.