Free

Each strand of yellow

Thick grass

Each one longer than another

Each thin flake of 

Bark brown and brittle

As it sheds on the

Ground spiraling and

Twisting

Until the tree is 

No more

Until each bark is

Free

Every brown and white hair

Sticking out 

Of the tender hide of

The deer

The young deer roams

I roam in the sunlight

Elegant and 

Free

So peaceful 

All the beauty

Of nature

All just enveloping the 

Sun so hidden yet overshown

Like a spotlight 

Alone and together 

The deer secure and 

Free