Forest Forgotten

Forgotten forests lie on top of soft soil.

Dense and cool are the salt waters in the riverbank. 

Kangaroos running spring up like a coil.

Home, safe and free I am.

Kookaburras singing the wakening song of the morning.  

Each leaf etched with lines of the past.

 The footsteps of people long forgotten.

Home, safe and free I am.

As the sun dawns closer to the ground, a warm light fills the canopy.

A rustle of leaves in a bright blue sky, the warmth growing stronger in me.

Home, safe and free I am.

A rainbow of parrots flocked together soars through the trees.

 I ponder and wonder about their journey and where they are heading.

Home, safe and free I am. 

The sun slowly sets and hides behind the gum tree leaves. 

Here is my happy place. 
A place of the past. 

A forgotten forest, home, safe and free.