Finding Solace in a Wood(Rev1)

[Todd]

Hi, there are parts of this I like. I think I'll spend my time focusing on elements you might consider editing. 

Finding Solace in a Wood

Slowly ambled a forest path, --This reads slightly off to me. First off ambled already contains the idea of slow. I also want ta word like "along" or some such after it because it sounds slightly choppy.
soft earth beneath his feet, --Third person is fine and reasonable though it might have more immediacy as first person.
winding past ancient trees.

Grand buck across the trail.--There are moments where I question your modifier choices. Words like Grand,  and Splendid  and  Delicious below are really abstract and don't add any sensory or concrete touchpoints. I  think you would be well served by going a bit deeper and choosing words that do more for you.
Splendid antlers, frozen
in a moment, then gone.

He picks a berry. Prickly vine,
a bramble true, but delicious fruit,--to my point above prickly and bramble do good work here. You could cut delicious and trust that juicy conveyed a sense of good tasting fruit. 
purple black and juicy.

From a rugged crest he spies a lake.
And, longing to feel the water’s chill, he—Not sure this hitch buys you anything though I can see what you're attempting. 
He stumbles, shackles fling him to the ground.--The first point of true surprise is the shackles.

Here, only his prison cell exist. --Should this be exists?
The forest, a lie. Captive. Worn to devastation.
living life behind his eyes.

Oppressive walls bear hard.--Oppressive is too telling. Minimize the exposition here perhaps.
Chains bind. Shuffled off to receive his dole,
finally, he sinks into that lake as last he dines.

Just a few thoughts to consider.

Best,

Todd