On the other side, Anasazi cliff dwellings
were tucked into rocks above a dry river.

Seeing no path, I approached an intentional
unfolding back into the earth, perhaps the true
burial of the soul rather than the resurrection
of an absolute god
from a different direction.

With my nose close to it, the fractured wall
looks like a shelf, an ancient community to
build on, safe from the many worlds below.