Escape

Wooden blinds pierced

By splintered sunlight,

Already tree-filtered

Yet eternally bright.

Sunrise over a leafy sea

All points and curves and green;

Awakening sleepers

With a kiss on eyes that dream

A living panorama beheld

Astonished eyes alight with a smile;

Features enlivened,

It will remain for a while.

Lungs renewed with crisp, fresh air

As feet rejoice in sunlit dew;

Phantoms in the forest dance

Witnessed by these very few.

*Rhiannon Oset* © June 09

(Knysna a place to visit)