panther on the forest floor
silent
unseen
beautiful ghost among the trees
i search for you in my dreams
to be wild, free and fierce
like you
panther tracking through old Florida
where do you go?
where do you hide?
you leave me behind in concrete and asphalt
no footsteps to follow
no path to trace
a secret obscured by the outspreading arms
of the ever-present human
in a disappearing Florida
StoryGirl 