The World Around Me

Smell it, taste it, touch it,

The senses’ sight and sound,

Used so very little, badly,

This place, the city, sadly

I need to escape, this, the humdrum life,

Be encompassed by the nature,

Feel leaves crunching underfoot,

Jump the knots of trailing root.

Explore the caverns and hike the trails,

Swing from branches, the vine and ivy,

Climb sky high and fall to the sea,

Splash! And then, swim up to breathe.

Stormy winds encompass me,

Upon towers tall and built of stone,

Lighting, Crack! Sky split in seams,

Senses that call to me, in my dreams.

Perhaps I expect, what cannot be given,

Perhaps I crave the impossible,

But falling, falling, ever down,

A dream to never touch the ground.