the divine emanates
from undeveloped
parts of this planet
this is that tranquility
sensed while perched
atop a mountain
forest at its feet
lakes living on
the horizon

an incomplete divinity
though
without you

like that time i
went to russia
only to see st. basil’s in scaffolding

this is why two days early
mosquito-ravaged
muddied and
missing you
i returned to civilization.