“The land knows you,
even when you are lost”

The soft imprint of your foot
in the malleable ground, shows
exactly where you’ve been.

The weathered trail shows hints
of each person who has passed over it,
a faint trace of unhampered moments
spent connecting with the self and the world

Rays of sun or flakes of snow,
each reminds your body of a day
a feeling, a person

the walk just outside home
bears marks of your footprints,
knows you,
expects you.

The natural world embraces you
in a way people never could
and even if you think you are
dislodged or out of place,
when you are with nature you are more
at home than you’ve ever been.