fragments of past months.
We search out a forest, green space,
somewhere lush to plant them.
Trees and grass we can walk to,
untouched by the traffic,
by the ever-present whine
of the endless energy cities spit.
Over and over we’ve asked
what’s missing,
but never stopped to wonder
if it might be nothing.
That we might be overflowing
instead of empty.
Longing for the quiet.
The stillness of rainforest.
The song only evergreens,
moss, mushrooms,
and our broken hearts know.
In the cold, wet air
they sing it to us
and we can finally hear
ourselves echoing it back.
Pulsing empathy.
“I know you. You belong here.”
Hush.
Ruby Pipes 
So relatable x
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Excellent. Thank you!
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Reminds me of living up North. Green
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Gorgeous.
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Tranquil, thank you!
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Thank you!
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Beauuuuutiful. .. I felt like I had to read the whole poem in a whisper. ❤
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Thanks so much, Tanya. I think that’s a fantastic way to read it.
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WoW! This is so very beautiful Ruby!
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Thank you!
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hush? oh I disagree Ruby my sweet elegant lady… the forest does not hush… but makes you listen all the better… to what you think is quiet until you hear it… silence is never silence for long. There is no hush. You can rush to it only to fine yourself fooled… but I am happy to hear you. Because t’s you. Not the hush. It’s you. To listen to. Not the hush.
You are a ninja. A stealth moth. Beautiful. Immense… and not at all quiet my, beauty.
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I suppose we get our loudest when our brains begin to quiet. Just a little.
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Everyone seems to be drawing inspiration from nature this month!
Beautiful poem. Inspiration like that doesn’t come easily to me.
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It always surprises me when it does. I actually got the idea for this one while looking at some trees at an I-5 rest stop. You just never know. Hahaha.
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Beautiful poem! The photo reminds me of hikes near me around the Olympic Peninsula!
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I didn’t take that photo, but it was taken on the Olympic Peninsula. Most beautiful place in the world!
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I thought I recognized it! It really is so beautiful here, I’m staying at my mom’s house in Port Townsend at the moment. Ah now I want to get out hiking!
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You and me both!
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