“Lost” [by David Wagoner]
Lost
Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.
— David Wagoner
(1999)
Published by Butterfly Woman Publishing
Butterfly Woman Publishing, is owned by the author.
Books include "My Name is Butterfly" and "The Monarch Butterfly Coloring Book." 2021 publication includes Butterflies of the Prairie Habitat.
2014 "My Name is Butterfly" is now available as an eBook on Amazon. The book was also published in Spanish.
My second book, "The Monarch Butterfly Coloring Book" was published in Spanish in 2014.
Owner Butterfly Woman Publishing
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Former Executive Director: Happy Tonics, Inc.
A nonprofit for environmental education in northwest Wisconsin.
I live in Saratoga Springs, New York, the home of my ancestors since 1866. My mother's ancestry is from Ireland, and my father's ancestry is from England.
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