I Left My Heart in the Forest

I left my heart in the forest

quiet among the trees

asleep in the shadows

resting on the leaves.

And while it lay there quietly

across the world I roamed

exploring other forests,

discovering the unknown.

My journeys took me far away

I took every chance

I played ever dangerously 

I experienced romance.

Then dropped back down to earth was I 

a hard bounce and loudly I moaned

and then I thought of my own heart

that I had left back home.

I stood up and began walking

my shoe soles, they wore out

but slow and steady I continued

this emotional walk about.

And finally on the breeze

I sensed the smell of home

so thankful and so tired

from all the miles I'd roamed.

A familiar tree then I saw

proudly standing in the grove

and to its base I headed

so desperately I dove.

And there it lay safe and sound

though the leaves I had to part

it was still where I left it

my one, my all, my heart.

It seemed so glad to see me

it even skipped a beat

not angry or even bitter

together we were complete.

So here I sit in my forest

just my beating heart and me

and here is where I will stay

under this life sustaining tree.