the ladder will fall

:

breathing

Great Spirit

breathing

:

I'm tired of clinging

I'm tired of hiding

I'm tired of hoarding

it's empty

it's lonely

it's exhausting

:

the ladder will fall

:

I crave to trust you

I crave to love you better

I want what is mine to also be yours

soul calls

animals beckon

nature pleas

:

I'm climbing on down

before it falls

no more destruction

enough

down I come

:

crying and broken

vulnerable and shaking

screaming and longing

on the ground I sit

:

with you, sisters and brothers

with you, trees and dirt

with you, sacred song

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*written in Fall of 2018 by Jonathon Stalls of Intrinsic Paths

*included in Intrinsic Paths Volume 1

*photo: taken by Jonathon Stalls while walking near the S Platte River in Denver

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