OUTSIDE IN

The woodsman’s country home,

Had walls of tall oak trees.

The shady roof overhead,

Was just branches and leaves.

There’s a flowerplace in the the den,

Filled with plants lush and green.

He can fish from his easy chair,

It sits beside a running stream.

There are birds in the kitchen,

They sing, chirp, and cheep.

Fireflies light up his bedroom,

While crickets help him sleep.

The wall to wall carpet is a luxory lawn,

With Kentucky bluegrass covered floors.

The woodsman built his house outside in,

So he could live inside the great outdoors.

Michael D. Schafer

© July 18, 2018