Place Called Home

Welcome to the jungle,
that impartial challenger for
all living creatures, putting
good, right and lovely
to question

Welcome to my jungle,
a minuscule highway of
intersecting and crashing events,
causing relationships and work
to teeter between yes and no

Welcome to their jungle,
where the risk to penetrate
may cost heart vulnerability,
where the ability to dream large
is turned-on, by them

Welcome to a jungle,
where flowing comfortably
is riskiest
Survival demands we navigate these jungles
Best, "Love each other, Do your work"

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- artwork by Sarah Mikenis - 
mailed to South Dakota