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Rated: 13+ · Poetry · Contest Entry · #2057184
Taking a peek into the forest close by.
September 10 Prompt

Forest Foray


I
I follow my feet
Along a broken path
That cuts through a forest
Behind my house.

II
Squirrel rustles the branches
Drawing my eye to his frisky tail
That darts and scurries
Along a rippled, rugged bark
His black eye catches mine in wonder.

III
Butterfly flutters
Wings white with innocent pureness
Lightly floating and bobbing
On a carefree breeze

IV
Crow caws
Breaking the silence
His wings black as midnight
Flap in agitation.

V
Chipmunk darts
Tail high
Feet zip by in a blur
Eager to hide.
Not wishing to
Confront a hawk

VI
Cicades rise a chorus
High pitched
Over the breeze
Then dropping off into silence
A beat
Then begin again.

VII
Ant moves slow
His back carrying
A crumb of bread
Moving with purpose
Until flummoxed
When my shoe appears
To block his path
Over the dusty ground

VIII
Hawk waits sleathly
High in the branches
Eyes watch
Head dips to listen
Then in a moment of decision
Raises wings of great span
Jumps
Soaring off
As he skims the branches
Ever watchful
For bloated prey.

IX
A leaf twists in the breeze
This way and that
Lush in its green, yet tips of red
Begin to show
It seems to whisper
As it brushes against
The others
Holding tight to its banded branch

X
Robin bobs
On the path ahead
Head tipped
Listening to the earth below
Then stabbing down
The earth gives bounty
As the robin
Plucks a worm
Thick and brown
Satisfied the robin flits
Flying off to feed
Its young.

XI
Single white flower
Graces a patch of sunlight
Dappled leaves sway
Delicate petals
Stretch toward the light
Shine in glory.

XII
These captured moments of small
Take me into myself
Letting me know
I am not alone in the universe.

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