Need for Nature

Approaching the zone 

Away from the city that’s just behind you 

It’s quiet and fresh 

You tap into the energy

Tune into that what lives and dies and is alive again 

Another form in another season 

Amongst trees with bright moss 

Some a decade old, some new and yet some a century 

Watching a bird take flight just before my eyes 

Another landing, perching upon a branch 

Bathing it’s feathers in spring time 

Experiencing this brings the perception of why my psychologist

A former military person runs 10 km with his dog almost daily 

And why he needs 10 pairs of shoes for running 

Feeling the ground beneath me 

Moist here 

A strong branch there 

I see why one might need a different pair to run in the forest, the woods, a separate one for asphalt

And while you return

Hear the sound of vehicles, they get louder 

your heart still in the woods

In the quiet among the sound of birds 

Your breath singing the melody of nature

You’re gently nudged 

You are always welcome back there 

To unwind from the concrete world 

Something you’re very much a part of  

Alternating between the organic and the urban