Fell

by the splitting serpent’s tongue

it might be that the i venom

got into the brain

or by a drug consumed 

or a virus spread or

a fungal spore germinated

in the lungs and sent out strings

no matter how the invasion was won

the alien i separated self from sea
and sky and ground and we

was me

sent onward toward mourning

i was no longer with the garden

i was beside myself