Call of the Wild (2023)

into the shady forest
into the trees embrace
into dappled sunlight
no more human race

no more chatter chatter
no more you or me
no more blah blah blahing
telepathically -

surrounded by high beings
sky to underground
murmuring and rustling
in wind their only sound -

in the distance babbling
of a gurgling stream -
mushrooms in the undergrowth
caught by a bright beam

of sunlight playing hopscotch
skipping through the ferns -
banana slugs and beetles
and of course earthworms

worship the Earth goddess
mother to us all -
sometimes from the forest
I can hear her call...