Symbiosis
we are joining forces, forming coalitions
we are remembering through osmosis, a body outlives a broken heart
we are learnt helplessness, nursing our codependency
we are bilateral, we agree to disagree
we are efficiently deficient, disfunction in formlessness
we are the happiness of thieves, getting exactly what we came for
we are hunting and gathering, hearing every sound in the forest
we are nomadic currents, motion in rest
we dislocate easily, a flexible confusion
we are passive aggression, sprawling into your outskirts and festering
we are negotiation skills emerging in climates of desperation
we are nesting dolls, inbuilt guilt in infinite regress
we are both a logical statement and not a logical statement
we are the variety of possible outcomes of degrowth
we are banned from the public library for life
we are earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal, an elemental courage
we are not adverse to making do
we are plants and animals endangered by your lassitude
we are the greater good
we are all for it, some conditions may apply
We Are Lichen is out of print from The Blasted Tree Store
Featured by The Blasted Tree: June 1, 2022
Razielle Aigen
Contributing Author
We Are Lichen by Razielle Aigen is a Blasted Tree original collection of poetry.
ISBN [Digital]: 978-1-987906-87-5
Cover Design by Kyle Flemmer