THE TREES WHO TALKED

We speak to you now

As ones, who like you,

Are much younger than

The Mountains

Sustained by the same Water

And the same Sun

And both blessed to be

In this place of wonder,

We have been asked to tell you

To share and celebrate

This Garden with your kind

The Bear brings you power,

The Deer, protection.

We, the Trees, standing silently

In witness, give you trust.

The Water comes and goes,

The Animals are busy,

On their own paths.

The Mountains, well,

They have other things to do,

Communing with the very forces

That created the face of this Earth

We speak to you now as ones

Whose lives come and go,

Much like yours.

You, however, are affecting

How this Garden grows.

And that is why we seek

Your attention