I like my body when I’m in the woods
-- The Speaker (Line 1)

Importance: This casual statement opens the poem reads with a conversational tone. The speaker focuses equally on the external surroundings and their internal terrain. While this line does not reveal how the speaker considers their body when not in the woods, it does imply that nature is healing.

I forget my body.
-- The Speaker (Line 2)

Importance: What the speaker specifically enjoys about being in the woods is losing their physical sense of individuality. This allows them to enter a flow state in which they connect with their surroundings. Flow state can be defined as total immersion, intense focus, and enjoyment.

I forget that waist, that nerve, that skin. And I aspen.
-- The Speaker (Lines 3-4)

Importance: The poem sheds traditional grammatical structures to convey the way that the speaker loses their physical sense of individual self. Sonically, the "s" sound and "in" sound echo in the words "skin" and "aspen...