A Cathedral of Pine – v3

On a floor of needles and leaves

Hidden within the lush branches

Cloistered from the world

I sat in a cathedral of pine

Five trees encircled my prayer

Limbs knitted like arms

wrapped around my reverie.

Walled off from the world around me

Watched only by squirrels,

By the young lady slippers, the ferns,

Birds, salamanders, insects,

The other denizens of the

Small island in the lake

A hidden sanctuary for one

Ringed by lady slippers, ferns,

High and low-bush blueberry plants

A stillness in the chaos of that summer

Somewhere to ponder, reflect,

Slow down and commune

With the hand of the creator

By the still, calm lake.

edited December 26, 2014

a chapel prayer closet – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-chapel-prayer-closet-v3.html

(editing version 2 and original version)

edited February 23, 2014

“a chapel prayer closet – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-chapel-prayer-closet-v2.html

edited/new poem February 17, 2014

“a chapel prayer closet

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-chapel-prayer-closet.html

edited February 11, 2014

“A Cathedral of Pine – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-cathedral-of-pine-v3.html

(editing the original again)

Edited May 4, 2013

“A Cathedral of Pine – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-cathedral-of-pine-v2.html

November 4, 2005

 “A Cathedral of Pine”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/11/cathedral-of-pine.html

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