Those Things

Tangled tree bark on the ground, 
hear the bush sounds all around.

Birds and leaves are here with me 
and other things that I can’t see.

Even trying very hard, there are those things 
from which I’m barred.

With those things I cannot see,
the bush has given peace to me.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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