A WALK IN THE FOREST


  The time is now, Autumn is alive with a different 
  Feeling,

  Darkness is longer in the morning, slowly the leaves
  Are upon the ground.

  Plants and trees grow slower, nature never gives up 
  On the day,

  Animals are busy preparing as Winter is not far away, 
  Earlier the sun fades.

  A thought of a walk in the forest to escape for a moment, 
  Everything,

  Tall trees that cover much of the sunlight that warms 
  The land we wander.

  Leaves that have piled for many years make a sound 
  Beneath these traveling feet,

  A walk in the forest, so many times I have dreamed of this 
  While trapped elsewhere.

  Quiet, yet not quiet as there are sounds in a place as this 
  Like there are no other,

  A walk in the forest, a dream that I have not yet discovered, 
  A reality discovered.
                              Keith Garrett