Written at Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Rice County, Minnesota
“How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!”
Emily Dickinson
Everywhere I look, I see beauty
A verdant green canopy of intertwined branches arched above
A church—
Of Minnesota trees
Light dances on the stream beside
Off the rocky path are flashes of irridiscent wings
Of hummingbirds, of dragonflies, of other pretty things
Dwarf white lilies gently nod in the July breeze
A glade of bees kindly welcome me
Birdsong and soft sweet buzz—envelope me
The falls’ rush nears and swells!
It’s Big Woods’ Symphony!
A choir of butterflies sing hymns amongst the clover
But before my hike is over
I let the wind whisper to me
Solemn and peaceful
Like a prayer
In Nature’s Cathedral
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