Warmer Forests

Leaving the loops of the past for a path that doesn’t en

From rivers edge to forest deep

This winding path through sky and leaf

My muddy march on circular track

A squirrel squints, does he know grief

For years, that wooded walk my track

Always back where I first set out

Round and round to my past black

A circle I couldn’t break or slack

Trees teach silence and don’t give out

Time sways like branches moving about

Lets art and nature, all life transcend

Healing trees left me no doubt

My new path will never blend

Circle’s broken, it has no end

And surprises wait at every bend

In warmer forests I can mend