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In A Woodland Circle I Sit

23rd September 2022

In a woodland circle I sit,
And listen.
Surrounded by history I sit,
And listen.
With twitters and rustlings from children’s imagination, I sit
And listen.
Listen to memories.
Listen to the joy of the touch of hands
Listen to the exuberance of flight
Listen to the fears the past, through the context of this precise moment.
I sit in a circle of stories.
Listening to lives come alive.

Anonymous

Scotland's Stories Now

This story was submitted as part of Scotland's Stories Now, a mass participatory project that sees people of all ages and from all backgrounds creating and telling stories about Scotland today. #YS2022 #TalesOfScotland

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