I walked over verdent green
a soft carpet
a thin covering
I felt in my hackles
voices not forgotten
pain in the silence
though a gentle wind
may have passed through
the twisted brambles
and birds fret
as they must have then
urgent in their persuit
of the life they know
you must have seen
these very same things
but the collar on your neck
would give them a more
desperate meaning
than I could know
who walks in answer
only to heart yearning steps
paulhp poetry 