Nature’s Healing Power

Nature can heal 

your physical wounds

with her herbs

collected from her scented fields 

and shade-hugging woods -

with roots, blossoms, leaves, 

and barks of the trees.

Just say thankful prayer

before harvesting her remedies

and do not break

the rules of respect.

Nature can heal

the invisible pain of your soul

when walking on her quilts 

and listen to the crickets’ songs;

listen to the whisper

of the leaves in the woods;

listen to the song

of her rivers and creeks;

waltz with the fairy kaleidoscope 

of falling autumn leaves;

or gather snowflakes in your palms;

breathe deeply on the top of the rocks

high up in the sky.

Just say thankful prayer

For the hugs of her breeze,

The magical power 

of the moon at midnight,

her blossoming sunrises 

and ruby-red sunsets.

Nature can heal you

Of inside and out,

But you say thank you

for her forever-lasting LOVE.

By Petrouchka Alexieva

From: United States