Blog of Jennifer J. Wilhoit/TEALarbor stories: Monday Musings POEM: “I Wonder”

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Welcome! This is a place to share how we celebrate & deepen our relationship to Nature. Here you will find stories, images, & ideas about wilderness, human nature, & soulfulness. Drawing from the experiences of everyday living, the topics on this blog include: forays into the natural world, the writing life, community service, meditation, creativity, grief & loss, inspiration, & whatever else emerges from these. I invite you on this exploration of the wild within & outside of us: the inner/outer landscape.

Monday, December 15, 2014

Monday Musings POEM: “I Wonder”

TEALarbor stories’ Monday Musings are quotes, mantras, reveries, poems, & practices offering simple ways to explore the ecotone of the inner/outer landscape.

I wonder if this forest knows me?

The great oaks shiver,

Their leaves restless in the breeze

This autumn day.

I can smell the end of summer carried in the air.

Spring flowers are no more,

And the leaves hang golden and red

Awaiting a wind with their name on it.

I wonder if the oaks will remember

That I walked upon a time amongst them?

That my bare feet felt the pulse of their roots

And my arms encircled their trunks?

And, when my dying wind bears me away,

Will my imprint remain upon Earth’s paths

So that something of me is also born again

With every new Spring?

Linda Kay Murphy