secret – Leaf And Twig

Ferns So High

the understory
three feet tall
another hidden world

only we know
the feet that tread these stairs
in twos and fours

mysteries
of the season change
secrets of transformation

sisters hold the secret
of simultaneously being
magenta and scarlet

From the sanctuary of the woods animals watch
the metal bridge that carries man and his many parcels and purpose
to the other side and back again.

Mother Nature’s remnants
speak to me
of the secret lives in the forest

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