Nature Calms My Soul

I find solitude along the trodden path
where effervescent sounds from a stream
quiet my thoughts
it descends across green jagged rocks
where the path winds through tall Elms
they stand as sentries... where songbirds sing
through the limbs of morning mist's sunlit glow
of splayed light that pierces dark trunks 
moving like a giant chest heaving
from the lungs of nature
their limbs woven overhead...arched
above crumpled leaves that lay against the edges
of my chosen path
      I pause to sit in silence 
to allow my soul to see and hear
and free my burdens from the mundane
in this wondrous place of solitude
where my mind drifts in dreams
of unfettered thought
with the serenity that surrounds
     the songbirds songs
when I turn inward in quiet reflection




5/2/18
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La France Avatar
July 6, 2018 at 1:45 PM
Frederic, congratulations on your top win in Laura's contest with this beautiful write and what lovely music, well done !
Gentry Avatar
July 4, 2018 at 8:54 AM
Congratulations on your win! You describe a perfect place and feeling. :)
Krampe Avatar
July 3, 2018 at 1:13 PM
Congrats on your placement, Frederic. Great description. I have felt the same so often.
Scars Avatar
July 3, 2018 at 6:19 AM
nature always calms my soul too sweet Frederic. One again you amazed me with your pen! thank you for your entry and congratulations on your placement :)-luloo
Lovejoy-Burton Avatar
May 4, 2018 at 7:32 PM
I love this poem entirely. But this image is pure magic, "of splayed light that pierce the dark trunks moving like a giant chest heaving from the lungs of nature their limbs are woven overhead...arched above crumpled leaves that lay against the edges of my chosen path..."
Parker Avatar
May 4, 2018 at 10:53 PM
a vision of serenity swept through the mind
Sands Avatar
May 4, 2018 at 5:49 PM
This is a perfect place of solitude with much peace. Very nice! :)
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