King: The Forest
I've known forests:
I've known forests vast as oceans and taller than mountains.
My sould has grown roots like the forest's.
I saw the dark snakes of trunks and long limbs of roots.
I entered the silences betweent the leaves.
I touched the very peace they issue from.
I climbed the branched, one leading to another, to the
Top where I was tallest.
Sea and grass stretched below.
Bowing down to their king:
The forest.
I've known forests:
Dark, sacred forests.
My soul has grown roots like the forest's.