Crash whoosh
the flood is coming
Consuming the vegetation in its path
The forest sinking sinking sinking
in a span of only a few moments
The forest is now a lake that looks out of place
A lake where the vegetation is the same but also not
The trees are still trees but are now always wet
The deer are still deer but are now standing on trees
The bears are still bears but are now eating wet deer
The forest is still the forest but is now underwater
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The Flooded Forest
PoetryWhenever I discovered that the Sam Houston National Forest had flooded this past May, I felt shaken as I had just hiked there a few weekends prior. I know this forest does not have bears, but my imagination runs wild and this poem describes the imag...
