In The Wild Poem by Chris Embrick

Through the forest vine and tangle
Briers and thickets block the way
I've wandered off course for hours
To places few others dare to stray.

The deer path took me to the meadow
Just as the birds were greeting dawn
And at the edge the dew soaked flowers
Chanced upon a spotted fawn.

I filled my soul with the chorus
As the bird songs filled the air
I followed sunbeams through the forest
In the beauty, lingered there.

I heard the gurgle of the water
Deep in the woodland the owls call
Beside the cascades through the laurel
I searched to find the waterfall.

Rising high the mountain splendor
To take in all the valley sight
I stayed as long as the sunset
To catch the first stars of the night.

Here in the wild I'm not the master
All around me life unfolds
In the quietness I'm reminded
I'm but a part of the greater whole.

I come back to visit often
To linger with my soul a while
My home's down in the concrete valley
But I Keep my heart here in the wild.