This flowing earth
Which rain does melt
And sun does bake
To make a hide
A flesh so tough
Naught but steel
Can break its skin
Which rain does melt
And sun does bake
To make a hide
A flesh so tough
Naught but steel
Can break its skin
And like the earth
I’m toughening
Impervious
To love’s torment
I keep it out
Pretense: content
But even steel
Can’t cleave my soul
And never could
Through toughest hide
I feel my heart
So soon enough
I’ll find my way
To safety’s arms
Then shed this skin
To let you in
Bentonite
Badlands
Drumheller
Alberta, Canada, 2018
Badlands
Drumheller
Alberta, Canada, 2018