Alone with Nature all around,

Where simplicity is seen,

A certain joy and peace abound 

Within its habitat serene.

Far away from urban ills

I’ve gladly left behind;

Where a special freedom thrills

With beauty true and unconfined,

Ancient trees and flowers speak

Of their true, inherent worth;

Letting my spirit rise and peak

To heights of pure, untainted mirth.

The call of duty beckons me

To soon return to stress and strain

Away from where I love to be

Hearing the songbirds’ sweet refrain.

Before I leave Nature’s abode,

Hark back to the same, old pain,

Of carrying once again its load,

I know I shall be back again.