I was wondering...

How cool it would be

to live in the outdoors.

Not poorly,

but just to live;

with the animals,

with nature,

with the world.

When I was younger

I had always claimed that

I wanted to be an Indian;

That I wanted to live in a tent,

hunt for my own food,

go fishing,

build my own raft,

paddle my own canoe.

Whittle sticks,

build camp fires,

roast marshmallows.

I do not think that

the indians roasted marshmallows,

but anyway -

that is what I wanted to do.

I still wonder.

Nature seems so much happier,

so much more friendly,

so much more inviting.