victor's lake

have you never been awoken by the sun 
only to hear the wind whisper 
through the needles on the evergreens 
in the chilly breath of fall?
feared the pinecones above
as you sleep, 
naked to the stars, below?
have you never made the unlevelled earth 
your home for the eve?
the air and sky your shelter 
from a story you don't quite fit?
have you never remembered 
what it feels like 
to listen to the silence 
of what it is 
to belong 
to the nature 
that gives life to all beings?
never contemplated the ancient wisdom 
in the rocks you climb?
the unfathomable strength 
in the seas you surf?
the innocent purity 
in the rivers you raft and fish?
the deep calm 
in the lakes where you might bathe?
have you never remembered 
that you live 
and breathe
in nature, 
just as nature 
lives and breathes
in you?