Sole Salvation

I was lost

It happened so quickly

I stepped off the path

For a quick look around

All I wanted

Was to see

The forest was beautiful

It had my eyes

And the trees

How they bent and swayed

To greet me

I roamed beneath the canopy

In the dark

In the quiet

Listening to the strange

Sounds of the night

It seemed like a moment

But must have been hours

Perhaps even longer than that

I guess I went too far astray

For when I looked down

The path was gone

And so were my shoes

Poor little soles

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