My joy was Ephemeral
when I walked deep
into the woods,
human voices could be heard
in the distance;
be silent! I admonished my beating heart.

Wending my way to some
thick foliage, I squatted
till the human voices passed by
to their Sylvian lives,
the afternoon was
fragrant, I almost wept
with joy.

A Rabbit scuttled by
gazed right into my eye
kicked it's back legs
then scurried into a hole.

A huge tree lay felled,
It became a larder for all insects,
there were huge ant's playing piggy-back
or maybe making love,
they say that if ant's were larger
they would rule the world.

The symphony of the trees
around me were manna to my ears,
their long lean bodies and
nodding heads were so graceful,
they would have been the envy
of a Prima-Ballerina.

When I'm alone I become part of nature,
I am nature.
Nature beguiles me, like no lover
or friend ever could.