When you need a taste of wisdom,
this is a place you can come, this place
where the tall ones rise from the earth
and tower toward the sky. Stand
among them and be still. Stillness
is their first gift. Feel how you are rooted
in the earth and formed from it. Feel
yourself breathing in the light and the air.
Notice the flowing of the life force
through your veins and the music
of its movement. Notice
how it is not contained within you,
but floats with your breath, carrying
your essence outward into the air
to dance with the essences of grass
and flowers, trees, and ants and birds,
your note forming part of the song.
Watch the trees allow their leaves
to color and fall, the seasons
to change, time to flow. Hear
them breathing the Yes.
Taste its essence in the air,
flowing into you, and through you,
with its boundless song.