If I could live my life As a soft stream flows, With purpose, ever gentle, Yet strong where it goes, I would entwine my being With nature’s gentle roots, And in a world of flowers, Embrace their gentle shoots. For every petal whispers Of love beyond the crowd, In forests full of mysteries, And all that earth allows. Dancing through the shadows, I would wander as I please, In unity with nature, In harmony with trees.

• Elizabeth Barrett Browning