Morning Walk, a Poem About Being Alone in Nature

Last Updated on April 7, 2025 by Candice Landau

This poem is excerpted from Embers & Amber, a collection of poetry by Candice Landau that explores love, loss, memory, and becoming. Note: some spacing has been stripped due to WordPress formatting issues.

I walked away alone this time
And in my separation I felt happiness.

A silver birch that looked like silk
A shaded path drawn around me.

The sliding crunch beneath my shoes
The wind that stuck high in the poplars.

Fizzing, dancing, humming things
Floating on dew-lit grass.

And not so long away alone
The air began to feel fresh.

The wood pigeons to sound like songbirds
The open fields to feel my own.

A distant bark, fading problems
My mind at ease in sunlit space.

If this can be my daily worship
My happiness and satisfaction —

I need no one
And no one me.