Air crisp
              Plants show
                                  River swift
Crushing as I stamp
Boots pushing on Earth
Mud holds tightly
Ripping from Nature
Her grip now *broken
Stumbling in awe
Mother Nature's beauty
Blinding & killer
Lost in this place
                                                           ­   Trees push me
                         Slip silently into the flow
*Riding these rapids

A dream, just a dream
                                                           ­                               That's all it took
                                                            ­          To throw you from your perch
                                                           ­              Cascading to the dark below
Whispers in my death
Give you clues to subjects
Floating within this head
'Till I wake from this state
                                                           ­                          Assuming all is known
                                                           ­                       Would bring our demise
                                                          ­                    For these words hold little
                                                          ­                                  In the way of truth
So I slumber on
Through your sleepless time
Leaving you solitary thoughts
To mingle with your sanity

You always knew me,
Everything there was.
Just like your favorite tree,
You know every branch.
Until, that is, I could see.

I saw my voice was not strong,
So I made it loud, and proud,
And shouted it along,
So others may hear me say,
"I have my own song."

I saw none understand,
Why I was not being me
Yet I was finally able to stand
On my own two feet and I knew
All I needed was your hand.

So, I stand trembling,
Seeing so blindly,
Hoping your hand is stretching
Towards mine to finally grasp
Our reality, and begin it's mending.