communing with the trees

There is history in everything that surrounds me.But here, I have none.I prefer the present—moments drowned in nature. A swift breeze, water moving over rock,lazy locusts and croaking frogs.If I listen closely, the trees begin to whisper.Softly, sweetly, they urge meto leave my hurried lifeand live among them. Birdsong scolds mefor reflecting on my city …