Emboldened and Still Now

emboldened and still now

in this place

yet heart races

ahead

emboldened and still now

 feet firm upon

carpet of organic

matter

of facts this head erased

softening of gaze

as eyes fall

within

still now this forest wind

and this human

in natural ochres

sings  (silently)

echoes of blood pulse

through the chords

of murmuring shrubs and

wet-black bark tales

emboldened and still now

this flesh awaits

late autumn golds and

winters rains

 emboldened

  and still now

          this pulse

          this place

                                                     Dawn 2013