hazelwood briars brown the forlorn fallen limbs on the ground the next step watched for slithery snakes amongst the dappled sun contrasts and deep shadows make great camouflage make great hiding places makes the mind seek the mowed lawn manicured barefoot I spend time like my ancestors naked roaming the deepest wildest places in nothing but shivers and teasing the insides my recesses into seeking out the forbidden shallow ponds soft silty bottom the rivers banks a tall oak on the side of the hills majesty the elm on the lee side of that hill hidden from eyes and so peculiarly begging, calling me seducing swaying in the sunlit portions of all of the fronds edges the mosses the mushrooms sprouting a soft bird shrill a move is a whistle the loneliness a thrill the caution in the breeze a passing will