Winter Idyll

Light snow flurries spiral gently to the
forest floor long since hidden under a
snowpack from many earlier snowfalls
adding its loft and bright crystalline
beauty to the landscape. This an urban
forest accessed by a widespread community
prepared to delve into the ravine that holds
it in perpetuity for the animals and birds
that thrive within its generous acreage
and the people who live within distance
of access to this natural treasure they all
share. It is where a small proportion of
the population finds itself in search of
nature and tranquility and the opportunity
to feel free and unhampered by the calls
of urban life where it is incumbent upon
them to be pressed for time and distance
oppressing the soul searching for meaning
in their lives. Here they wander among the
trees, along a waterway, clamber the hills
 descend the valleys aerating their lungs 
and freeing their limbs to recall of youth
and meet distant neighbours valuing and
searching for solace from the distractions
of their lives. It is where their beloved pets
run free themselves to commune with their
own replenishing their shared optimism in
the existence of the nature of all things.