Your Body, My Forest.
Your body is my forest,
You are My shelter,
Your feet and toes are the soil and roots,
So fertile with goodness and life,
They are strong to keep you standing tall, Beside me.
Your legs & waist are the body of the trees,
Which are solid & full with strength,
To stand strong, With me.
Your shoulders & head are the roof of my forest,
The top branches & leaves that protect the body of your tree,
And the fragile ground below,
Which I stand under, To shelter.
The soul of your forest is your chest & arms.
Your chest holds my heart with yours,
Warm, solid & loving.
Your arms are the strongest branches which surround & hold me, So close.
Like yours,
My forest is strong,
Yet fragile, full of goodness & fertile,
To feed and love you.
My arms are the surrounding ferns & branches also,
From my body,
Which houses my soul, Wanting you.
So when you see trees huddled and growing together,
Keeping one another company & staying strong,
Their roots intertwining and supportive…
Think of us, Yours and my branches- Our arms, reaching out in this world, holding hands together, keeping our souls, our bodies, our spirits & hearts, side by side, Evermore.
Julie Stone
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/your-body-my-forest-sonnet/
