Hickory Run State Park

[TranquillityBase]

I found a place where I was lost
in green light on a forest floor,
 
refracted as the deepest sea.
Scattered, naked trunks of trees
 
towered like meaty kelp toward the sky.          For some reason, this image doesn't work for me.  It may be that adjective "meaty".  "flowing" (?)
An emerald surface dipped and swayed
 
by waves of leeward wind. The sun beamed
in slanted rays, a quiet serenade
 
through a still and misted air.
Dappled ferns carpet sandy ground
 
swaying with a verdant tide; drawn 
deeper down by each fiddlehead
 
sun-tipped fractal curl to depths      curls (?) since you are referencing "ferns" never mind, misreading, shdn't do critiques so early in morning
a sailor might happily drown.          "where" a sailor.... (?)

Bryn,

I like the way this moves like a camera in for the close-up of the ferns.  I think the ocean metaphor works well throughout.

TqB