If only in my heart
I lived among the trees
Like the creatures of the forest
Or the birds among the leaves
I sunk into the grasses
I breathed the fragrant loam
And like the furry rodents
In my heart...I called it home
In my heart the furred and feathered
Became my kith and kin
We walked the paths together
The way it should have been
I romped among the flora
I drank of dappled light
And in my heart, I never left
I've always spent the night
Even now, I know I linger
As I walk the city street
Where my roots have tangled deeper
With the tree roots 'neath the peat
If only in my heart
I still live among the trees
With the creatures of the forest
With the birds among the leaves
I know I never will depart
That secret home within my heart.
A ballade I wrote for a group I belong to on all poetry. Not too crazy about the last two lines, but it's a ballade. I guess.