I wander into the wilderness
Its dank moist darkness holds me
Deep within its shadows
Every step takes me closer
To something that has been lost
For a long time
I feel its pull and move effortlessly
Tangled gnarled roots do not trip me
The tickle of delicate webs do not touch
Nothing bites, or scratches, or cuts
I miss nothing and no-one
And I move
I see the rainbowed mountain
Hear the wind in the trees
Feel it caress my face
I am smiling as I gaze upwards
Through the lace of the branches
I feel it near
The rocks call out to me as I pass
I stop with them sometimes
Chatting about the ends of stars
The churn of breaking down and
Reforming into something new
Or something old
Water trickles down from somewhere above me
Sparkling against the moss covered sides
Of trees and boulders and tiny stones
It glistens in the sunlight and
Turns the air into many colours
That dance and spin
And poised at the centre of it all
That one perfect moment
When everything was wonderful
And I could hold the stars within my eyes
And the secrets of the universe beckoned
Beneath my skin
© AM Hunter 2016
Green and Grey 