The earth in this forest asks you to walk softly
letting its song rise up through your feet.
Its air seeps into you and carries a scent
that clarifies your mind and expands you
until all your boundaries dissolve and
all of this—lake, trees, snow, sky—is inside
you with all of its woven, ancient stories.
Now you emerge. You! In the midst of it,
with stories of your own. And all the while,
the whole of it is inside you, singing,
revealing its unfolding joy.