“Autumn Tangle” (1920) by William Henry Holmes
Hypnotic
by Elizabeth Stanley King
Am I being drawn in by a hypnotic
fall-colored path to Lothlorien?
Or maybe it is an ethereal gateway
to a sacred forest path.
A sacred trail which each and every
forest denizen must eventually
traverse to reach the Rainbow Bridge.
A sacred journey designed to
cleanse the soul and escape all
the evils of the world.
A place to find serenity and forget the loss
of our wild places. But, perhaps, just perhaps,
the two places are actually one and the same.
I’d like to think so. I think we need
a little Tolkien magic in our lives.
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