doe, a deer

like a

deer in

headlights,

i’m dazed,

amazed,

rendered

immobile

by sensory

overload

at writers’

conference.

a bit wary,

needing

time to

pause at

this cabin

in the trees

to ponder,

chewing cud

of green ideas;

feeling content,

as lone firefly

blinks and

soft darkness

settles in.