Tree talk

They speak to us: the oak, the poplar, ash and elm;

yet what they say we notice less than what they do.

The air we breathe, the soil we till, the winds, the rain...

The leaves, nuts, blooms, the symbiotic life below...

All that mycelial reciprocity - life

begetting life from earth, water and sky. The world

made green and good by arborial alchemy.

We vaguely know all that; yet when trees speak the words

are lost in human hubris, self-absorption - lost

in what we want or need or think we want and need.

We always act like we, not they, had done the most

to make this stone a home. The message of the trees:

Grow, give, gain, give again. Die and keep on giving.

Grace is granted by generosity. Give to all that's living.