Scrub Preserve Reflections
Maya Ellenson is keen on creating unconventional poetry and prose, inspired by what the moment reveals.
Florida Scrub Preserve Late Afternoon
Nature's Green Womb
This Sunday afternoon
Mother Earth is unveiling
her greenest womb ever-
a new trail into the Florida scrub-
unseen but open-
whispering
to bystanders diving into the woods
as they meander downtown
just before the dusk settles
coywolves daydreaming
before their eyes flare up
like candles to sneak upon the spotted prey
casting their wild shadows
upon the pearl-white sugar sands
strewn across the land
akin to relics of the snow
tinted with the Sun’s pallid gold
as Winter still holds its prana
before letting go-
a parallel universe
running at its own rhythm
echoing the Earth's throbbing magma
along the cars
and paved roads


