First Day

Give me a winding path
         that leads nowhere
      and I'll follow.
Give me the straight and narrow
           that points right at the goal
    and I'll veer off-trail
where heather and woodbine
              thicken, and a thrush
      babbles no instruction.
Now is the first day of the year,
        oh so cold I'll follow my roots
               down into the hollow,
where fur and larvae dream
      of flowers, and seeds
           lie awake in the dark,
witnessing the long
       quiet luminous breath
              of Winter.

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