By lantern light, she walked the forest path
Shadows dancing with the light it cast
Near the fairy gate she trod
Barefoot on mossy coated sod
Placed lantern in a boulder nook
Next to the quiet bubbling brook
She waited for the sun to rise
Beneath the clear and starry skies
Around her swirled in gilded guise
The spirits of the woodland wise
Whispering of secret stores
Tales of hidden treasure hoards
She begged them off her time to wait
For she had come to meet her fate
As the morning rays pierced canopy
She found her heart among the leaves
Her head she laid upon its breast
To dream all day in tranquil rest
When she awoke her heart reclaimed
Her voice she lifted to proclaim
A calling to the earth and sky
The treasure which she sought to find
Had always been inside her mind
She took up the empty lantern case
In the fading light of setting sun
She made her way back home
Through winding forest path she went
She walked the long road home
She walked the road alone
