Nightmare

As I hike these trails
Secluded in a wave of solitary confinement,
I scrape away these wounds
In an act of medical debridement,
Running and running
Attempting an escape like a screaming banshee,
An escapee
Kicking and tripping over rocks,
Fiercely muddied with soiled up socks,
Safe, I am finally able to take stock
Of what remains;
Safe as I am, as I always was
I realize that nature was leading me
Around and around
Like a Merry, it goes
But I am safe now, as I realize, I always was.

As I hike these trails
And all they entail,
With every zig and every zag
Enveloped in all the Fall foliage swag,
Safe as I am, as I always was
I realize that nature was guiding me
Through, onward towards that luminary
Shown so bright, for
I am safe now, as I realize, I have always been.

Author's Note

Is meant to be read like a lyrical rap