Taking Back

by damommy

The forest has reclaimed its own,

has taken back what it had lost.

Once grand estate is overgrown –

infringe on Nature at a cost.

Though some walls stand in ruin and wrack,

the forest has reclaimed its own.

It was a slow but fierce attack

that took down mighty walls of stone.

Who lived here once is now unknown,

and from the view past rusty gate,

the forest has reclaimed its own

and new growth will accelerate.

Now, here’s a lesson to be learned -

this woodland spot was just on loan

and to its origin returned.

The forest has reclaimed its own.

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The challenge was to pick a landscape and write about it. I chose a painting by Konstantin Andreyevich Somov (1869 - 1939).

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Taking Back

by damommy

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