Appalachian Native

Into the Appalachian wilderness, no rules but the rule of the wild, no god but the god of presence. My nest is amidst dead leaves where-ever I stop for sleep, wandering all day to feed on nuts, bitter fruit and sweet mountain waters. Shedding my shell, shedding the shackles of all I thought I knew here the human creature sinks back into the soil, merging into [...]