Forest Man
Forest Man
And the fancy person is what I was
Living in luxury and owning every bit of it
Not realizing what it means,
But being happy in my own superficial world
Superficial, indeed it was
Till the time I had my forest encounter
With this forest man
Who shook me in and out
And questioned
Lady, are you really superficial inside
His questions made me uncomfortable,
Very uncomfortable
I wanted to hide, but there was no place
It were just the two of us and the forest
Forest started to seem dear to me
And slowly this man too
For me, it was an encounter to my own real self being around this man in the forest
He brought me back to my own self
My self which was hiding from me
My self, which I was unaware of
Myself which is not superficial but extremely real
So much happened, in a few months
living in the forest with him
Lessons of a lifetime are important to be taught and to be brought into action
And now, while I am still in the forest and he is no more there
I see the impact which I had because of him is there in its full bloom
This is my reality which I was unaware of
To be in and around the forest is dear to me
And so is to not use plastic
So is the fact that little is enough for me
And so is, that now I know forest loves me and I carry forest in my hair out of our love
I get greedy sometimes, to have him more in my life,
But I understand, his role was to come, make me meet my real self and leave
I am glad that I have a forest, and I have many memories and lessons to follow and remember and cherish
Gratitude and love is all I have
For the forest
And the forest man