Green Shadows
Malvina Reynolds
You walk into this room
The trees are all around you
Green shadows kiss your head
The gentle sounds surround you
Your soul lies down on the piney bed
The walls are random walls
You do not feel them press you
Green shadows touch your eyes
Their silent welcomes bless you
Your dreams come singing from the skies
You are no longer one
But all that breathes beside you
You are the craggy bark
The leaves that move and hide you
Green shadows and the rising dark
You walk into this room
The trees are all around you
This is a living day
No hostilе sounds will wound you
The chain saw's cry is far away