Forest Song

Nathan Dumalo Photography www.nathandumlaophotos.com was kind enough to allow me to use this beautiful image which inspired a small poem; something I haven't tackled in years.  Thank you Nate, your work is beautiful.

I dream of green 

Wooded places
Full of ferns and mud
Shrouded in mist and fog
Where silence and song happen all at once with 
The whisper of pine needles
The scuttle of bugs
The rustle of paws on peat

Full of light and shadow and life 
From roots to tree tops 
With passage between these worlds
On padded foot moving soft 

Slow through trees thick with moss seeking
The rattle of woodpecker
The grace of deer
The stealth of fox

Fullness and emptiness live here in perfect harmony.