the edges of eternity
Posted: December 8th, 2025, 3:22 pm
stocking cap pulled down, the eyes still able
to see the ground, which I all i care about,
my focus is on the earth
I dwell on rocks and sticks and bugs
I would normally miss if I were to march headlong
into the future, i want reminders that life exists
below the eyesight of men with big plans
an ant carries a giant leaf thirty times his size
like Hercules pulling down the columns in protest
a worm aerates the soil free of charge, has a mission
tycoons can't understand from their hazy penthouse
so I walk unafraid of bumping into a tree
rather I welcome the collision, the impact, the embrace
other hikers do not laugh at me, they know the power
of a hug
they know this man with his hat pulled down low
has come to forest to see the earth one last time
in all its glory, he has come to see life meandering
along the edges of eternity
to see the ground, which I all i care about,
my focus is on the earth
I dwell on rocks and sticks and bugs
I would normally miss if I were to march headlong
into the future, i want reminders that life exists
below the eyesight of men with big plans
an ant carries a giant leaf thirty times his size
like Hercules pulling down the columns in protest
a worm aerates the soil free of charge, has a mission
tycoons can't understand from their hazy penthouse
so I walk unafraid of bumping into a tree
rather I welcome the collision, the impact, the embrace
other hikers do not laugh at me, they know the power
of a hug
they know this man with his hat pulled down low
has come to forest to see the earth one last time
in all its glory, he has come to see life meandering
along the edges of eternity