Literature
past and present
the forest carries
the scent of fall:
detritus, mud and moss
i fill my lungs with the fragrant air;
the breeze tugs at my hair
the summer slips by so fleetingly,
careless days spent beneath the trees
i can't imagine where i'd rather be
than at one with this nature that surrounds me
my mother's whispers, in the passing weeks
have grown louder each day, i can hear her speak
but her stories mean nothing to me yet,
her language i can't quite comprehend
because instead of with words, she speaks in song
carried through the canopy and passed along
from flora to fauna, plant to man
if only i could understand
for the secrets that find themselves