And none had passed that way before
\nAt least not for a while
\nAnd for the walker these trees and fences
\nProve a challenge and a trial.
\nAs the way through was battered by kicking limbs
\nAs to bother walking was wondered why
\nThe effort, the discomfort and the pain
\nBy the walker who was I.<\/p>\n
And upon clearing a path
\nI picked up the dropped matches
\nThat fell from the pocket of my thorn scraped legs
\nNow sore from thorny scratches.
\nAs as from the ditch a slid and fell
\nAnd through the undergrowth slid and got unstuck
\nI gathered myself and stood too see
\nThe beauty among the muck…<\/p>\n
And sinking feet in sodden fields
\nAs the walker makes his way
\nThrough the wilds of a mountain side:
\nAn Edens garden of this latter day…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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