"Doe Season"

Childhood to many is a very familiar thing. Life is comfortable when you are a child. The daily routine is the same, your parents are always there for you and provide for you. When she talks about the woods always being the same it is like a comfort to her. Familiar things are always a comfort at any age. When she describes how the ocean is huge and empty and everything lay hidden that is like adulthood. After you reach adulthood you don't know what to expect out in the "ocean" of life. In adulthood you never know when you will be swept away by something whether it be getting into drugs or getting an amazing job, same as with the ocean you can be swept away at any moment. The woods always being the same is a lot like childhood where things feel safe and familiar and the ocean is like adulthood where things can be frightening and unknown.