Charles Jarvis II 25, 30

Northern New Yorker The Stairs and I Arielmae Shatlaw

These stairs and I are quite alike. We have been expected of. We have been taken from. We have been changed. They have been expected to serve a purpose. They have been walked on. They have been taken back by nature. They have been growing new life. They have been changed by time. They have been decaying. I have been expected to serve a purpose. I have been walked on. I have been taken back by nature. I have been growing new life. I have been changed by time. I have been living.

Arielmae Shatlaw

Odysseus Castor

Sanctuary in The Mountains Charles Jarvis II

A little fox travels through the forest thicket searching for a place to call home. After losing his family to hunters he runs away. He sees a cave deep in the mountainside during his search and makes his way inside, surely this will keep him dry and safe from the harshness of the weather and hunters who could be looking for him. He sets up a little bed of leaves in the cave corner and takes a much-needed rest after his many days of searching. In the morning he begins his day of foraging so he can bring his haul to his newly acquired home. This cave will be his sanctuary for the years to come.