when my back aches
there’s a pill to ease the pain
when I start sneezing
there’s a pill for allergies
but when I’m trapped in urban loneliness
when my soul cries out for wildness
for freedom
screams to be lost in Nature’s oneness
back in the immensity of desert silence
standing in awe on a mountaintop
dancing with waves crashing on a wild beach
then
I need a wilderness pill
a medicine that smells of campfires
that tastes of Springtime meadow flowers
that reverberates with coyotes howling
at the rising moon
but my heart knows
this easy out can’t begin
to feed the hunger
it’s time to get out
get away
time to be on the loose again
tio stib
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I could use one of those myself! Just to get things started, “on the loose again.” Nice poem.
I don’t have such a pill, probably a good thing as I’m forced to get out into Nature. I do have my wilderness memories though, and smelling bacon on the stove takes me back to campfires in Oregon’s Blue Mountains.
So often when traveling a lonely road through open countryside I’ve looked out the window and wished I could just stop and start walking. Toward a forest or a mountain range or simply open land. It’s a wild, but steady call.
Perhaps you’re ready to answer the call.
I totally get that. In time our memories can become our greatest source of nourishment !
Yes, and I’m blessed with many beautiful memories. My challenge is to push myself out the door to create even more magical moments. Thanks for reaching out.