Mythical Forest

  Mythical Forest 

“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
― Chris Maser, Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest

Painting and Verse by Dr Abe V Rotor 

Mythical Forest in acrylic by the author, 2022

She saw only the trees, not the forest;

    spots of red, not the loving pair,

flowers, orchids, fluttering butterflies,

    and the peeping sunset but a glare.

Thus we see ourselves more than others,

    Narcisian* syndrome we've fallen,

leaving but Echo reverberating and dying;

    the forest, the lake all forsaken.

*In Greek mythology proud Narcissus fell into the lake and died 

leaving Echo whose love for him was unrequited.