tribulus terrestris

step where i
step and so
i did - it was

perilous

he is so much
bigger than me
i want to tell

him to slow
down but i
want to prove

i can - so we
we go: an odd
pair found only

in a meadow
left behind in
time he shows

me the fence
and how it
is bent and

i want to
stop him
from talking

and as my
eyes look 
at him - he

looks away
he knows
the reason

my eyes hold