like an arrow

milwaukee
chicago
atlanta
wilderness
san fran
portland
seattle
denver
kansas city
chicago
milwaukee
chicago
atlanta
chicago
atlanta
wilderness
san diego
phoenix
santa fe
atlanta
albuquerque
san diego
prague?
los angeles?
another wilderness?

friends, faith, lost, found
ankle bones click
thoughts severed
inhale
find calm
find hope
find direction
find anything
find knee bent mercy
and kicked dirt dust
and ringing ear silence
and face down sympathy
and torn pulled pain
or a shout shriek shivered
unheard, unnoticed or unloved
and try to breathe again.