Question

Before I leave, almost without noticing, before I cross the road and head toward what l have intentionally postponed-
Let me stop to say a blessing for these woods: for crows barking and squirrels scampering, for trees and fungus and multi-colored leaves, for the way sunlight laces with shadows through each branch and leaf of tree, for these paths that take me in, for these paths that lead me out.
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Answer 1

There once was a walker about to head out,
Who paused in the wood with a blessing and doubt;
For crows and for squirrels in the shade,
For fungus and sunlight that threaded the glade,
He vowed he'd return—let there be no doubt.