Leaves

Set foot
deep in the undergrowth
with toes bare and sweat streaming
through the wilderness
and the unknown

banking left for glimpses
a passage of light lingering
ties of ribbons
splintering the fallen leaves
again to the riverbed

the water running through
unstoppable
get back to something primal
trace histories across
the survivors

against my throat
raw scraping
of air being forced through
i can't get enough
to run faster

for this place