Dec '25 • General discussion
Nature
I went to the forest in search of nature,
I didn’t know the direction,
Nor did I have a map,
I was just told to go look and I would see,
I walked for days and days,
I lost my coat,
Set it down somewhere,
I took off my shoes,
The soles had worn out,
I lost my glasses,
Found they were no longer of use,
I couldn’t see through the brush,
No path could be found,
Just this constant whispering in my head,
Keep going,
Nature shall be found,
For so many days I walked,
The seasons changed,
Time and time again,
I encountered animals,
And other friends,
Still I walked in search,
After so many nights,
Year after year,
I finally came to a clearing,
And she was there,
She had grown lichens throughout her hair,
Her eyes were shifted,
And her skin had turned a darker shade,
The twigs had matted around her ankles,
She smelled of the rain,
I approached cautiously,
For I knew not what to say,
She seemed busy and distant,
Then she sat, like she had been waiting,
I had never seen anything so beautiful,
And I had never felt more afraid,
For all that time I had walked in her presence,
So intent on my pursuit,
I thought I was lost,
I thought everything had turned grey,
I was cold and hungry,
And the sun had burned my skin,
Time over again,
And I couldn’t help but feel that she was to blame,
I stepped forward again though,
Brave,
Asking to sit down next to her,
I could feel her wisdom,
And I could faintly hear her humming,
I asked for her to tell me about herself,
Silence,
That’s what I got,
The nights changed,
And the days,
They came and went,
And still we sat,
Together,
When so many nights had come and gone,
And my days had grown short,
She finally shifted her gaze to me,
And said hello,
I trembled,
Because then she said,
I am nature,
I am the sun and the moon,
I am the stars under which you cry,
I am the Winter and its freeze,
I am Spring and renewal,
I am Summer with its easy splendor,
And the Autumn with its necessary shed,
I am also the wind,
Powerful,
When it’s needed for change,
I am the fire in the core,
And its fury,
I am the rain and the flood,
And I am the clouds up above,
I am oceans and lakes,
And the rivers that curve and bend,
I am the animals you have met,
And the ones you’ve never seen,
I am the birds,
I am the trees,
The flowers and the bees,
I am this whole show,
And everything in it,
Without me you do not exist,
And I am a psycho,
For I will do anything to survive and to persist,
I am uncontrollable,
My morals are something else,
Out here it’s kill or be killed,
This may be the only warning you will get,
Be careful where you tread,
For you have only ever been my guest,
I felt her power coursing through the ground around me,
This time I did not feel scared,
I felt empowered by her,
By her resilience,
How long had she been here?
As if to read my mind,
She said,
I was here in the beginning,
Before your perception and time,
I will be here at the ending,
The one you cannot see,
For you all live with broken dreams,
And I will remain through them,
Through your own dread,
And I will sustain and thrive,
Long after you are dead,
From me you were born,
And to me you shall return,
And Nature, its spirit, will go on,
Forever feral,
Forever a child,
Carefree and wild.
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