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Hiking Barefoot

A poem

Photo by Ulvi Safari on Unsplash

I like to hike barefoot and see where my bare feet will take me

watching out for lizards sunning red ants skittering and cactus spines

having no fear trusting that the earth will guide me I just have to follow my feet follow the path

now it gets rocky and I slow down splintered stones gently push against my skin mindfully I move the stones tell a story they have their own beat

the path smooths out but I still hike slow my heartbeat quiets and I am entranced moving like the sun penetrating deep in sensations feeling the vibrations of the earth

I’m on the earth and yet in the earth deep inside to a place unseen a place unknown the spirit of the earth lives within here beckons me down like a portal opening to another world an inner world another dimension of magic

my heart beats as the earth breathes in rhythm we are one

peace envelops me the earth dissolves into me I merge with the earth

the path gets muddy and I walk on through squishy cooling slippery between my toes

from nowhere a dog appears and runs next to me he’s barefoot too together we march in alignment our feet dancing playing with the earth til his owner whistles him back

at the end of my hike my feet are dirty yet strong mud-stained yet not calloused

holding secrets holding the song of the earth a song that wants to be sung a song that wants to be heard

all we have to do is take off our shoes and walk on the earth barefoot

Thank you for reading!

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