Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

My Retreat

I have created a gorgeous retreat for myself.
Three beautiful huge windows bring treetops inside.
I feel one with my forest.
A cardinal swoops past the window, lands on my apple tree.
Announces to the rest of the birds the feeders are full today.

I am facing these windows now, amazed at how much I love my giant tree house.
My own little world, where I can spy on the creatures who care not that I am about.
This was all designed for me, and it is one of my favorite places of all times.
There is no place I would rather be.

I was ruthless this summer, tossing everything that did not give me a sense of joy.
As a result I am now living in the world of choice,
A new space entirely, surrounded by things that love me.
And I love them back.

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Carole Duet August 11, 2018 at 11:51 PM Wow! Do you really have/live in a "tree-house"? Love that. In fact, I designed one myself years ago before they actually became "a thing". Would love to have been an architect. Must be wonderful up in the trees with the birds. Tweet poem! Caren Krutsinger August 12, 2018 at 11:36 AM I really sort of do, it is my art studio/office/bathroom. My home across the driveway. My husband and our dog and I officially live in an earth-sheltered home on the other side of the driveway; this place is exclusively mine.