Through scarcity
deserts have learned
to let parts of themselves live
and parts of themselves die
in this way, the whole survives.
Forests, meanwhile, are interconnected
not accustomed
to sacrifice
when one part
sickens
the whole forest suffers.
They learned this through abundance.
Trust/wisdom.
When a saguaro cactus has two dead arms
and yet blooms
year after year,
is it less alive?
How do we measure death in this context?
You built a house
with locked doors
no key
under the flower pot
no welcome mat.
An inside place.
The body knows
where the spirit can go
in between joints, under muscle.
You were never not yours
even when you weren't
you were still whole you were
even with part of you dying.
Disassociation is a survival tactic.
There is no such thing as recover
because there is no such thing as before.
There is only now.
Your creativity is an evolutionary advantage.
Your desert heart is the most beautiful thing
I have ever seen.
