There Are Quiet Places

There Are Quiet Places

There are quiet places
where something stopped long ago
Primordial ancient redwood forest
Sunlight filtering through the trees
I visualize dinosaurs ambling

Redwood trees fall
Open up forest floor to new sapling growth
Trees slowly decay
Release nutrients into the soil
Fires hallow out base of trees that still stand mighty
Creeks move in their channel beds after a downpour
Runoff forms new rivulets on slopes

Damp coolness on my skin
Take in incredible green-ness
The beauty, the grandeur
Grounded again, rejuvenated

But time has not stopped
It only seems so
for the few moments
as I stand among giants

Author: Roger Funston

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