10 poems 10 days!

10 poems 10 days! 1/3 of the way to December!

Go for a walk in the woods today.
Remember the sound of your own voice.
Listen to the voices of the little brown birds surrounding you.
They're whispering the secrets of the woods to each other

Climb a tree and scrape your knee on the rough branches
Feel the blood pound through your hands and the muscles
Of your arms and ooze gently out of your scraped knee.
Listen to what the little brown birds tell you what it means to be alive.

Cross a stream in the woods
See the black birch toes shine golden
Look at the bubbling icicles
Dripping and freezing and melting and growing.
Listen to what the little brown birds have to say about contradiction.

Remember what feel feel like
When they connect with the earth
On your walk today.
Listen to what the little brown birds have to say about grounding.