Forest Delights

The woods are cool, dark and
inviting to the intrepid souls who
enter on impulse seeking to find
peace and solace within the confines
of nature's raw bosom; relief from
life's pressures, the incessant
movement and roaring bustle of
the urban setting people are confined
within throughout their endless
working days. Within, the wind
soughs through the forest canopy,
boughs sway in a lazy dance of
courtesy, and foliage whispers, a
pastoral symphony accentuated
by birdcalls and melodic songs,
while forest streams rush over
flotsam fallen into their beds and
the sun, glancing between narrow
passages illuminates bright faces
of wildflowers; daisies and henbane,
dogwood and buttercups, as bees and
dragonflies, butterflies and damselflies
flit among them. Pausing too long 
in peaceful admiration is not, 
however, generally advised for also 
lurking there are the fierce warriors
of the underbrush, venomous and
cunning, sensing warm blood as 
they ferociously swarm and attack
the unwary unfortunates, their
bloodlust never unforgivingly sated.