I Went Walking
I went walking the other day,
Under a red and setting sky.
Through trees that made mountains small,
Their leaves whispering a sigh.
I walked through silent grove,
And walked through icy river.
I stopped only when I reached the heart,
The sun had slipped away without a shiver.
In the forest I was all alone,
Surrounded only by one thought.
I could not hear it where I came from,
And with all the noise I had forgot.
The trees had told me long ago,
And they sang it to me then:
You will only find serenity here,
Not in the house of men.
The silence and the solitude,
The space where I am freed.
My only home that lasts forever,
The woods are all I need.