The Place I Live (Pre-Human Version)

Rocks and water and wood

Not speaking to me

("Left alone to wander above")

Slow and uneasy and alive

("wanderer above the sea of fog")

I mean the place lives

And clouds pass over

("sitting on a ridge and watching clouds pass over")

The landscape

A blanket on stone

("where an ocean of glaciers rolled")

Land waves are rolling

("Through a fog, this is a brief life")

("Short and cold, momentarily")

("A life as brief as the morning fog")

Momentarily

I come out from under