1.
Wonder is what I am doing here.

The days I
Moved
From lake to lake
The notion was
What was inside
The knot
In the river.

2.

I allow the sun to
Dry my clothes
In the arms of trees,
Closer to the sun
Further
From bears.
Stripped, I swim
To the island
Of my appetite
For rock and mud.

3.

Who can blame me
For wanting to find my way back
To the other world,
The knot of
The riverbend?

ph – June 2017, Algonquin Park