by Jerica Collins

Created on: April 26, 2007   Last Updated: February 23, 2011

Light streaming through the branches
leaves crunching underfoot
dew drops resting on the plants
glistening in the sun

A breeze caresses my cheek 
and circles me with scents of lilacs
as it warms my face and speaks "come hither"

Rabbits dash by
spooked at the snapping twig
but soon resume nibbling grass shoots
ears continuously twitching, always listening

Birds twitter their cheerful songs
butterflies float softly around the blooms
squirrels play tag amongst the trees

Inhaling deep wafts humid air
one can only ponder and question
who could not enjoy such wonder
this amazement of nature

So fresh, so peaceful
stepping further to rest on a log
dipping bare feet in the slim stream

There is no such beauty
as great as this
amongst the flowers, the trees, the animals
Never such a miraculous place as the woods I walk in

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