Birthmark

Eucalyptus is organic camphor
carrying the truth of the air
 
Cherry begins to rot
casting an illusion of brain fog
 
Climbing a long, narrow passage
boarding the Northern Star
I hold two blood red passports
Stamped to the summer of 2019
like a birthmark

My body is in the Southern Hemisphere
but my memory stays in the North
 
27 years
324 months
9,855 days
Like having a very, very long dream
I am half asleep, half awake
 
After waking up
do I return to the real world
or slip into another layer of dreaming
but I am too delicate to fall again
 
Life moves in waves
I am a body of waves

2026.01.06