Dig

deep down

in striated 

layers

of browns

of bronze

of hazel wood

of feeling contained

of wanting more

.....of this

secure and preserved

the way acorns 

and 

truffles are

the way hearts

lie snug

beneath cages

of

bone

or

how time 

pressures carbon 

to dazzle

oppressive

depressor

warm

heavy

blanket

weighing down

into buttery 

sleep

into black 

slumbers

into the quiet

peace

of  

darkness