Natalie Chao / Wilderness poems #4: “Close your eyes and tell me…”

Wilderness Poems #4, image & text by Manifesto 2 artist Natalie Chao 錄像宣言2創作人趙芷妮《荒野詩》系列作品 4.

Close your eyes and tell me… / Natalie A. Chao

Close your eyes and tell me…

What do the woods smell like?

Food.
\nNature.
\nYou know how sometimes
\nwhen you fall on the grass,
\nand then you get a grass stain —
\nit sort of smells like that
\nwith water.

What does it sound like?

Like birds are chirping,
\nthey are talking to each other saying
\ngood morning

What does it feel like?

Sometimes it feels like a sting
\nlike
\nyou can touch a thorn
\nbut sometimes it feels soft like a leaf…
\nthere is a plant that when you touch it
\ncloses up
\nand then opens up

we have one on gram’s path.

Related readings: Natalie A. Chao’s Wilderness Poems