I’ve always enjoyed the outdoors and writing and eventually, I started to combine my two interests together. I fell in love with poetry in seventh grade when we did a short unit on it in my English class. I mostly write poetry and a good amount of it involves nature in some aspect or another. My senior year I attended the Career Tech Center and was a part of their new Front Street Writers Program.
Euphoria
As I went deep into the woods
I found a place of pure bliss.
Where the trees turn into fields of gold
and wild flowers cover the ground like a delicate blanket.
It’s a place where the sun always shines
and the worries of the world couldn’t reach me anymore.
There’s an opening deep into the forest
that could be missed in the blink of an eye.
If so I’d end up knee deep in swamp waters
and be swarmed by black clouds of mosquitos
fighting their way through my clothing to find every inch of skin.
Venturing into the woods I was amazed.
As I explored the golden fields I found myself at peace.
As I laid in silence I heard the wind
whispering the secrets of the world to me.
I smiled as the fragrance of daisies filled my nose
and then made way to my lungs.
I soon became mesmerized by the way the oak trees swayed in unison.
I could never be too anxious for the creatures
that might be disturbed,
all reminding me
that we must coexist.