The Sea of Trees

Wow🥺

thank you for your read, and for your comment. I appreciate you.

Dear U,

Yes, some days it does seem easier to lay down and call it quits. I can appreciate this concept on so many levels.
Poetically I love the image of a sea of trees. It feels inviting and as your reader reads on I love the twist of moving forward and into the cold. Difficult topic very well written. H🌷

thank you for your comment, H. Such a difficult topic and exceptionally important one.

thank you BeginningPoet! Hope you're well. warmly, ursa 💜

Ethan, thank you for your detailed comment. I appreciate the care that you have taken here, appreciate your references, and viewpoints here, much of which resonates with me. Poem is inspired by the Aokigahara in Japan, also knows as 'The Sea of Trees', also known as 'Suicide Forest' as individuals find their way there to leave this planet in their own way.  Remaining as close to nature, eventually returning, is a strong force in my world.

In particular touched by your details, coming from a strong poet, such as yourself.

Hope that you're having a great weekend.
I appreciate you,
ursa 💜

dear Ursa

interesting juxtapositional realms
Aokigahara and lullaby

i look forward to becoming acquainted with your inkwell

a warm smile
silent lotus

Hello Silent Lotus,
Thank you for stopping by, and for your comment. Sincerely appreciate this. warmly, ursa 💜

      "like a fossil tree
        whence we gather no flowers
        sad has been my life
        fated no fruit to produce
        earthen taste of life's last breath"
(death Tanka composed by Minamoto Yorimasa, immediately before his act of seppuku in the Byodo-in temple of Uji)

Stunning, Ursa ⛩️
    By virtue of your words' ethereally gentle solace, one's spirit is swept into your ambient moment's peaceful countenance ⁓ soft as a faint whisper into the ear of a tranquil, subsiding heart.

I think I've just heard your soul's most beguilingly personal soft breath.
Thank you for sharing You, Lady Ursa ⁓ Richard 🍃