When I was a child,
my mother used to say
"Go outside and find someone to play with!"
Hesitation was replaced
by a secret hope
as I ran out the door
to the woods
behind our house.
Contemplation
while sitting on a log
filled my heart with green calm.
Surrounded by peers
at school all day,
I needed the quiet
of leafy meditation.
The sunlight streaking through
the trees spoke to me of other places,
other times.
I could listen to my heart
in the company of trees.
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