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