In My Forest

 Featured image: Dancing with the Wind and the Trees

In my backyard forest, the trees aren’t in rows. They are scattered about. Below are huge pines and saplings, aspens whose leaves are flat and twist and turn in the breeze.

In my forest, the ground is moist and spongy. There are deep, deep brown mosses, fallen bark, and dried fall leaves from years ago. 

In my forest, there is a very dense canopy.  Sunlight peeks through in some spots.

In my forest, trees growing along the lakeshore have roots exposed from the soft sandy soil. These roots look like branches with no leaves, but they are powerful, muscular roots that bring life to the tree.

While walking in my forest, I listen to squirrels performing high-wire acts from tree to tree. I breathe slowly, full of gladness.

There is magic in my forest.