The Outdoors

The outdoors. Underground is where they live. We walk mostly above ground. We see flowers and walk on the trails. The outdoors. There are snakes but they get out of our way. Trees fall down mysteriously. They say it’s natural. The outdoors. The busy road does exist in the background. I cross streets and bridges everyday. They could come up at any time. The outdoors. Creatures that burrow. In ways we can’t conceive. We assume there is nothing under dirt with patches and tall grass. The outdoors. They’re coming to eat us all. Creatures that live underground. They’ve been listening to our vibrations. The outdoors. Exists everywhere. Even in our backyards. Wilderness can creep in. The outdoors. The horrors. The mud. The blood. If I had just stayed inside that day… Instead… I fell into that hole covered in sticks and leaves. That they dug deliberately. The creatures who live in mounds. We assumed they were animals. I fell into their trap in broad daylight. And stayed a long while.