[Part 1] Sequoia

My favorite drugs are sequoias from King’s Canyon and your smile
I need them more than coffee
Need you to stand beside me like General Grant and cast some shade on my face
because this heat is killing me.
I pursue something pure
like water in the wild.
My love, it lives enduringly
like sequoias in national parks.

[Part 2] Yosemite

Over and over I wished to be free
like a doe running freely through Yosemite
be fearful of fires
walk my own trail
take in the quiet
nobody’s wail.
I’m loving the falls
I’m loving the streams
Outdoors, without walls
Alone I can dream
I’m loving the monoliths
I’m loving the air
Only feeling that’s sheer
is me being free.