RETREAT IN THE WOODS

   
While I wander through the wide expanse of woods    
I hear screaming seemingly from a woman in despair    
I must be dreaming because there's nothing I could see    
Except for a colorful bird perched upon a sky-reaching tree    
Its wings tangled with the shiny branch, trying to set free    
   
Free the bird from its misery comes to my bewildered mind    
As I climb up high, I see a river farther down below    
Free at last, the bird magnificently takes its flight    
Following the contours of the river—I keep it in sight    
Making some detours when big boulders block my path    
   
Down yonder the fork I hear a loud whooshing sound    
I wonder what could it be, so I walk and look around    
Silhouette of a woman bathing under a waterfall    
Dazzles me with surprise, into the water—I fall    
Because that’s where I have seen the bird landed    
   
With arms outstretched just like Christ on the cross    
Fright is far-fetched from my mind although I’m at a loss    
As the cold water trickles down embracing my nakedness    
I try to calm down while thinking of such foolishness    
Free as the bird, my spirit soar high into the blue yonder    
   
My spirit soaring high is the true meaning of life    
Completely worry-free to do anything that I like    
Being one with nature away from the world of strife    
Enjoying the sights and sounds no one has ever heard    
Only in my retreat in the woods where peace resides