Footprints in the Forest

Of all the footprints in the forest
those of the elephant are supreme.
The forest has a way that it always hides
by erasing all signs out of view.
But the signs of the elephant are hard to erase.
 Follow them, if you are lost; they will surely lead you to the edge and lead you out,
out to the world you lost.
There is another way too.
Give up the search and stay where you are
and make the forest your home.