Explore The Feeling

POEM BY NATHAN BERGERON PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHEW BOURGEOIS

There’s no mistaking the flower

You’ll find it growing freely

In fields and attics and gardens

Imprinted on socks and souls.

Herb roots reach far and wide

Digging deeper in me everyday

Stoking flames alleviating pain

Exploring untapped humility.

Plant a seed nurture a tree

Tie a knot scrub yourself clean

Roll it up or make a cream

Addiction has got ahold of me.

Schools teach opioids on a tablet

The kind of talk that should be criminal

Illegible note pads tell one tall tale

What kind of rock are you cooking up?

My neighbor has two plants flowering

Another drying with pumpkins

And apple cider on the front porch

A colorful harvest is in the air.

Some nights you need a lift

Some days some settling down

A moment to explore the feeling

Nurturing us from the ground.