Nature's Genius

The forest welcomed-

Stepping between giants,

Fingers grazing bark

A ledger of another day

A step back in time

To a day when spirits

Mingled among the living

And gave direction

In day to day,

Providing guidance

Through nature’s helping hand-

A world that listened

To it’s existence

And the things it could see

Feel and touch,

A simpler time

Among the wilds

Where equals grew

And goals were dreamed

With the knowledge

Of a helping neighbor-

A spirit ran through

The people of a valley,

The same spirit

Running through

The people of a mountain

And now the spirit

Has been all but extinguished,

Hiding among trees

And in the streams

That run between them,

Fluttering to human’s side

When safety is spotted

In the reflective expression

Of a person not stuck

In the climb of the ladder,

But moving with synchronicity

Of the natural world,

Barefoot in the grass

Swirling beneath sunshine

And humming to the tune

Of wind in the trees

While finding magic in the full moon.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet. novelist, and freelance journalist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!

Also, be sure to give her a follow on Instagram (@seekatwrite).

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