A crooked path wends its way through thick forest, horizon unseen
Brambles and vines feet intertwines eyes focused only on the green
A moss slippery trail in shaded light pale winds up mountainous hill
Watching one\'s feet on this forested street, can\'t see beyond the next rill
The trail does fade into leafy shade, closed off the way ahead
Swimming one\'s path through a botanical bath, leaves close behind one\'s head
Lost in a green sea, towering waves of tree, no longer able to swim
Bubbled up stones reveal earth\'s bones, as sun\'s light grows dim
A fallen log birthed out of fog reveals a nursery of the dead
Umbilical vines overhead with rivulets that blead over forest\'s bed
Shadows grow long as birds stop their song, twilight is in the air
Stars arise in darkening skies as I descend the hills stair
Night has overcome light, darkness fills the trail
Sounds of night raise levels of fright hoping my lantern won\'t fail