The Forest is Everywhere


The forest is everywhere.

A fallen fir tree, embossed in moss.

Right there a tiny green woodsorrel leaf sprouts up.

So delicate.

When the squirrel springs from a branch,

My heart dips as if I was its swing.

‘Metsä on joka suuntaan’ by Maila Pylkkönen (1931-1968) translated from Finnish by Lilli Erola

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