No fixed address.
No origin story.
Ancient magnolia.
A beetle inside.
Rivers in stone —
hidden for centuries.
Earth without the costume.
And the sky.
Not a place.
Not a time.
Not a season.
Earth, for now.
This. Held.

The forest before the path. Tiger lily. Ashoka. Salted butter, castoreum. She filled her pockets until she was lost.