Lauren McLean Ayer
Lauren McLean Ayer
Crack open the shell you have
built for yourself.
Follow the path that the birds
have left.
Not the sodden track
of long mildewed bread.
It’s the trail of seeds
scattered by beaks.
Their tiny green sprouts will
show you the way.
Lauren McLean Ayer is a San Francisco-grown poet and writer who recently moved to Santa Fe to find peace in the desert. Her poems have appeared in Gargoyle Magazine, Santa Fe oneheart, Adobe Walls, and online.
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