For the love of

Mushrooms growing
in the field of distant skies, a
forerunning of raze
marking the path
of man’s ingenuity, fear & greed;
reaching beyond the roots
of beginning origins___
where going
too high
leads to brittle limbs
& then, the vulnerable heart,
since we can only
go
so far
as breeds___,
instead of as a race.

(5/11/16)