i found a forest so thick
that once i had walked a few hundred yards
into it, i couldn't tell if it was still
a sunny day. it was really dark...

i sat on a log for a very long time.
i heard a woodpecker, a hawk, and a bluejay,
but i couldn't spot them with my eyes.

im not sure what i was doing there,
but there i was.

i suppose i just needed a quiet place.
i suppose i just needed to say a few things.
i suppose i was half hoping
god was going to send a family of deer to
walk by to remind me how important hope is.

no deer came.

nine million mosquitoes managed to show up instead.

but at just the right moment the sun pushed its way
through that dense forest ceiling,
and lit up this tree and all its leaves.

and somehow...
it was just perfect.