This Poem was Submitted By: Betty Lou Hebert On Date: 2000-05-28 00:06:33 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Silent Woods

  The forest is so still today.   The summer birds have gone away.   No winter birds let out a peep.   I guess the squirrels are all asleep.   I listen while the bright leaves fall,   But they don't make a sound at all.   There is no wind; how can it be   The only sound I hear is me?   My footsteps seem too loud and bold.   My breath makes vapor in the cold.   I walk awhile and pause again   And for some minutes, I remain   As silent as the woods around.   A white mist rises from the ground.   There is a lonely feeling here.   As I retrace my steps, I peer   Into the shadows of the day,   Still thinking that perhaps I may   See something moving, but the spell   Of autumn dying, works too well.

Copyright © May 2000 Betty Lou Hebert


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