Awestruck In Nature

As part of my Forest Therapy certification, I took a 4 hour soul walk in the woods. Solo. Without technology and distraction. Then the assignment was to create something inspired by that experience. Here is my creation.

A ponderosa grows high in the forest canopy,

his massive trunk signals grandeur.

With brown and orange bark

and dark branches scaling towards the sky.

An elder among us

with wounds and magnificence

holding stories of what’s come before and reassurance of what will come.

He has a place here, among us – the wind, the river, the forest, the ages.

Shhh, do you see her?

A little bird is working there. 

A Titmouse or maybe a Nuthatch.

She moves along the tree trunk, searching for food.

She glides across the branches.

Small.

Quiet.

She grabs her next nibble unaware, or more likely, in unison with 

The massive forces around her – the wind, the river, the forest, the ages.

We can barely see the little one.

She comes in and out of view.

Sometimes visible as she works.

Sometimes hidden by the growing things around her.

Oh little innocent.

Oh sweet one,

You continue in your delightful job of

existing

eating

flying.

Even when we don’t see you.

Dearest pine,

oh grand sir.

Please remember among your needles and scars and torn branches

Is the small winged creature, tucked in there

thriving

exploring

frolicking.

She is always there.

Even when we don’t see her.