The Woods

THE WOODS

She blazes the trail.

With a glint in her eyes

And a curse in her smile

Like she knows the world’s against her

But it doesn’t matter –

She was against it first.

Everyone around her astounded

With the ease at which she speaks,

The opinions she will argue,

The things that she can laugh at.

But from a safe distance

They watch.

Because you could get lost in those woods.

And they’re beautiful and marvelous

Especially as the sun sets on the horizon.

But they call her out for her eccentricities

And they continue to ask why her trees haven’t been cut down yet

Because they want to build something else -

Controllable

Uniform.

Something else just like everything else.

And she calls herself immoral

But I feel

She is more human than all of us.

She can have a conversation with anyone

And remembers every detail:

What you kept in that notebook

How your kids are doing

The names of your family members

Your previous job.

She keeps all those locked inside her

And makes sure they are safe.

The woods are dangerous, yes.

But every time I wander close

I feel as if

It’s only because

She wants to be.

- r.k.

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