We Are Trees

Ringing Cedar

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The earth is a living being

peopled by trees.

Put your hand on the trunk 

of wise Grandfather Cedar

and listen, as he teaches you

how to live

with the natural world,

how to learn from it,

speak to it,

co-exist with it,

with respect, 

doing no harm.

Listen to

the song

of this old tree,

transmitter 

of cosmic energy,

source of our 

very breath. 

Always remember:

We are water.

We are air.

We are trees.

The Ringing Cedars of Russia,

deep in the taiga,

when they reach 

a venerable age,

begin to ring.

They are asking humans to use

their stored-up energy

for the benefit of mankind.

If their call is not answered,

they begin to burn from the inside,
much as we do,
when our gifts
are not received.

Place your hand on the trunk

of Grandfather Cedar.

Ask for his blessing,

his forgiveness 

for our being so slow

to awaken.

Listen to his song,

and remember:

We are water.

We are air.

We are trees.

Posted for Bjorn's prompt at dVerse: Under the Canopy -  to write about trees. The story of the Ringing Cedars of Russia, and the eco-villages spread across Russia (and even parts of the USA), inspired by the series of books by Vladimir Megre, has always fascinated me.