“Freedom so often means that one isn’t needed anywhere”
Willa Cather (via The Browser)
I untie your shoes I slip them off Proposition comfort Day of labor May we both Be here on the rest I look at you You see I see Liquid limpid light Another day attentions pay While wages make Profit centered hands Or power cuffs And finger muffs Stop our ocean sound Mountain May A melting way Down and out to sea Go on up To be a cup Drink deep from the gorge I wander back To your side After ragged quests Out there messes Won't be cleaned By a watchful guest But here at home Our fruitful loam Can bloom and grow and shine Under sun and cold and rain I sit and touch your feet May I never leave again But if so only brief