the mountains that chased you
through mazes and hedges covered in thistles
the briars that stung you like hundreds of needles
the nettles we boiled in kettles
for healing the drafts you caught
in rainstorms dancing wild like raindrops
striking pavement with bare feet thumping
to the music of heartbeats breaking
i say forsake the elemental demiurge
and splurge on a thousand year vacation