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When I was 7,
\nI\u2019d rally a small neighborhood troop,
\nTo carve a tunnel through the blackberry bramble.
\nLift the warmed wooden lids off garden snake traps.
\nPart overhead golden grasses in search of field mice.
\nConstruct a fort roof of fallen pine branches.
\nStockpile pinecones for an anticipated ambush.
\nHost a ceremonial burial for a fallen bird.<\/p>\n

Not a far skip to my adult life where I spend my days*,
\nCarving small student group cultures.
\nThrough the thickets of alien customs.
\nCatching the most basic of life assumptions unaware,
\nSearching for mindful treasures in jungles of stimulation overwhelm.
\nExploring themes of self-reliance and fortitude.
\nStepping in front of the virtues worth defending.
\nEncountering small deaths and the sacred in passing.<\/p>\n

How life dangles clues,
\nThat we may find ourselves through circles,
\nGrowing into the prints,
\nOf our own footsteps in the sand.<\/p>\n

(*work<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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