In The Woods

[billy]

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In The Woods

The under-brush was strong
with briar biting at my ankles.
Beech saplings, silent
reached through thorns
and wept for space in God's canopy.

Sunlight, miserly though it was,
spattered the small clearing ahead
in a ray of moted-haze.
Wildflowers waltzed with abandon,
swirling in the coattails of tall grass.

No longer bound, legs led me to a granite chair;
I sat and rested while breath caught me up.
Butterflies quizzed my brow and then abandoned me
flitting through leafy overhangs of elm.
This was the prefect place to sleep...

In The Woods


The under-brush was strong
with briar biting at my ankles.
Beech saplings, silent
reached through thorns
and wept for space in the canopy.

Sunlight, miserly though it was,
spattered the small clearing ahead
in a rain of golden droplets.
Wildflowers waltzed with aplomb
swirling in the coattails of the tall grass.

Legs no longer bound, take me to a granite chair,
I sat and rested while my breath caught me up.
Butterfly's quizzed my brow then abandoned me
flitting through the overhangs of elm.
This was the prefect place to sleep.