Contemplation Considered

Tonight
I considered contemplation
of subjects that require thought,
subjects I may be avoiding,

but I don't want to ruin my good mood.
They're so few
and far between.
I know eventually

I'm going to have to think,
but tonight I swallow it all.
I'm aware it's gonna hurt tomorrow,
but tonight is worth it.

Saturday

Today the earth and I walked together
skin to skin.
Toes covered in dirt and dust and sludge from the man-made stream
I can't recall the last time I felt so clean.
Swaying to the music of the birds and the dragonflies
my mind was free.
Though my skin is broken, scratched by twigs and rocks
my twenty-first century feet have rarely encountered
I feel complete.

Found Haiku

just a small town girl

livin' in a lonely world

but there's no train here