Monochrome Rainbow [✔️Completed]

ALONE IN THE WOODS

I walk into the woods 

crossing a threshold 

into another world 

one untouched by manmade corruption 

cleansed of violation 

released from the burdens 

I've carried for far too long 

Out here in the vast wilderness 

the world feels softer 

the tall trees don't look down on me with judgement 

the wind doesn't ask me to explain myself 

the soil doesn't try to drag me down into the mud 

every step I take 

is a step away from the harsh pandemonium 

echoing violently 

from the real world 

I never quite belonged in 

I don't have to pretend here 

I don't have to smile 

when I'm crumbling inside 

I can be quiet 

I can be still 

and somehow 

that's enough 

The moss beneath my feet 

feels like a welcome mat 

the sunlight filtering through the leaves 

isn't cruel or scornful like it is out in the city 

it simply brushes lightly against my skin 

igniting a gentle, forgotten warmth from within 

asking for nothing in return 

Even on stormy nights 

it comforts me 

being alone in the woods 

where the grey clouds linger a little longer 

dew drips from naked branches 

and a misty aroma 

fills my lungs 

I breathe in the nothingness 

and it intoxicates me 

The world's chaos dissolves into the atmosphere 

the tension in my shoulders eases 

the restless chittering in my brain ceases 

the ache in my heart is mended 

One with the woods 

I sink into a bed of fallen leaves 

bird songs cradle me 

into a rare tranquillity 

for a fleeting moment 

my daydreams are not an escape 

but a blessing come true 

It makes society feel like a distant memory 

a traumatic incident 

that can't haunt me anymore 

and I can fade away into the sea of green 

lost in a serene silence 

if only for a little while