When This Hand Writes: Into A Dark Forest

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Into A Dark Forest
My One, True Friend

When Bullets Miss

Just What I Needed

I N T O  A  D A R K  F O R E S T

One thing that’s sure is the uncertainty of the fog  

And when it surrounds, I wonder what’s awry

 It speaks to my nerves and leads them astray

Into a dark forest with no other way

But once it’s gone, I desire its tension

And the feelings that stir at its very mention 

Is it only me or be there others, too?

Who feel the same way when it comes to hover?

The closer it gets, the more I’m drawn

Into its wrongful embrace, its seductive yawn 

I just might let it take me away

To wherever it resides, there I will stay

And then we’d be together, the two of us, finally!

And never again will I doubt its intentions 

The next time it comes I will follow it home

Into a dark forest with no other way

 
M Y  O N E  T R U E  F R I E N D

I love when my owner packs me around

For a walk in the woods or into town 

I hold all his things wherever he goes

 And it’s my pleasure!  It’s all that I know

  

Sometimes I’m hung on the branches of trees

As he takes pictures of me and the leaves

And I say, “cheese!” but he never responds

I think he’s a mute, but I could be wrong

  

But that doesn’t matter; I know we’re close

I hug him real tight wherever he goes!

W H E N  B U L L E T S  M I S S

When bullets miss there are second chances

And an accuser is given the same

What will you do with the chances you’re given

When the gun of your mouth is seeking to maim?

When wounds heal there are second chances

And a victim is given the same

What will you do with the chances you’re given

When the wounds of your skin are seeking to blame?

J U S T  W H A T  I  N E E D E D

By the wood I split, I made a fire 

Just right in size for me to admire
With the coffee I had, I brewed a cup 

Just to my liking; it was enough

With the night before me, I listened and heard 

The sound of the forest and the wood as it burned
With the night before me, I sipped and explored 

My love for coffee with thoughts in accord

Then I listened once more and this is what I learned 

The song of the night forest completes that of the birds 

And it was just what I needed
(and perhaps a bit more)

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