At the end of the ANFT training to become a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, guides in training are invited to create a harvest project of their experience. Deborah Skorupski from the Sunflowers cohort wrote the poem “Where the Ocean Meets the Trees” for her harvest project.
I live
Where the Ocean meets the Trees
A place where dreams come true, of ships and sails
Where countless creatures great and small
Hear the Ocean meet the Trees.
I live
Where the Ocean meets the Sky
Look up, breathe in, catch colors far and deep
Where the grass blows wild, and birds fly free
To see the Ocean meet the Sky.
I live
Where the Ocean meets the Sand
The sites of love and loss, of hope and dreams
Where wet tails and fins, and fur and feet
Feel the Ocean meet the Sand.
I live
Where worlds collide, with crashing waves
Invited to wander, it’s peace you will find
Somewhere between the Tame and the Wild
Where the Ocean meets the Trees.