Pine forest,

I call to you

Help me,

pine forest

calm my racing mind

soothe my troubled thoughts,

Pine forest!

I feel you!

Your rustling trees,

your whipping wind

your delicious pine scent.

Your children,

the birds

nestled in your many tree branches.

So beautiful.

I relax in your bed

of soft pine needles

that litter the ground

like snow dusting a mountain.