you wonder
why I choose North

always North
closer to
Freezing point

the cold earth balled
in your hand
held out
cupped
just over the surface

crumbles and scatters

why does one choose
this way or that?

down
in the dirt, soft and black
just below the surface
pine needles
anonymous.

up here
North
just inside the tree line

(what better way to go...)

animal esque
untelevised

undocumented
down in the dirt

looking up
the pines needle skyward,
triumphant, trumpeting

and
(any notice will be given
as a distant afterthought)