There is only air
between my skin
and the forest.
Indeed, I am
part of the forest,
and the forest
is part of me.
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏩᏌ ᎤᏃᎴ
ᎠᏆ ᎦᏁᎦ
ᎠᎴ ᎢᎾᎨᎢ ᎠᏰᎵ.
ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎢ, ᎠᏯ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ
ᎢᎦᏛ ᎢᎾᎨᎢ ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᎢᎾᎨᎢ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎢᎦᏛ ᎠᏴ ᎥᎿᎢ.
Text and image © 2019 by Donald Jacobson Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.