Views

There's a different way

of seeing things 

compared to where I was before

where stalwart standing centuries 

took pride

in all they could endure

Not here

there's no old growth in the forests

all of this land was submerged

 in the marshes

only through growing

and building up terra

Did they become a landscape

somewhat less harsh

here is a place 

where innovation is law

that governs the landscape 

albeit loosely 

amongst warehouse MegaChurches

and unscrupulous corporations 

and suburban neighborhoods 

rife with refinery fumes 

and toxic landfills 

here is place where things really can change 

saturated with mutagenic 

possibility 

Nothing Passionate

Already grounded

You let physical pain 

Grind you

Till you're exhausted 

Apathetic 

Grounded and ground

Can't hear the calls of possibility because you've shuttered out the sound 

Hellbent on mundane order— far too narrow is a the locus,

If you only fixate on the saffron you can't appreciate the crocus

And the Muses will not come to those who brush them off so they can focus