Roads work two ways

so do phones

webs of connection

I could go anywhere

the threads keeping me here are fragile

and yet, so strong

If I could sleep below the ocean

make the sand my bed

and watch the fish flit above

If I could climb up a mountain

make the rocks my home

and hear the antelope run below

I joined their herd once

sprinting to keep up with their four legs

hooves and horns of black ivory

We chewed grass and roots on the prairies

my teeth not built for rumination

and my stomach unable to digest much

Their fur is tougher than my skin

They see farther than I can

but they are dumb as bricks

I know the quadratic formula

don't know how to use it,

but I know it

X equals negative B

plus or minus the square root of B squared

minus 4AC, all over 2A

An antelope could never remember that

but that's okay, I forgive them

just as they forgive my trespasses on antelope life

We aren't the same

but at the end of the day

we are a herd of creatures together