She Walks in Beauty

She walks in beauty as the sky fills her eyes The clouds are low and so is she Not a witness to the wondrous nature around her, she sobs And rocks pierce into her feet painfully She sees a trail ahead but somehow is now lost That was not the trail she wanted to take It's path is just a little too worn She wants to walk somewhere where she has to push away branches with every step; Swatting at the mosquitos thick in the humid air Never to feel the cool breezes again, she said Never to feel the real thing