wild iris, duff, waterfall, dew

Take me back to the woods, please. (But actually, I took two pretty nice walks today; could be worse.)

I like my body when I'm in the woods
and I forget my body. I forget that arms,
that legs, that nose. I forget that waist,

that nerve, that skin. And I aspen. I mountain.
I river. I stone. I leaf. I path. I flower.
I like when I evergreen, current and berry.

I like when I mushroom, avalanche, cliff.
And everything is yes then, and everything
new: wild iris, duff, waterfall, dew.

—Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, "Yes, That's When," from hush (Middle Creek Publishing, 2020).