I am the tree… there is no name for me … I am just the tree!
My ways are ancient … symbolic of the connections between earth and sky.
My roots grow deep into the soil; soil that is all that remains of my ancestors.
It is all that remains … of anyone’s ancestors … and I know them all.
For I walk barefoot in the soil; and the soil stores the remnants of every creature’s works.
You are the human … do your roots live among the ancestors … like mine?
Are you as dependent on … or even aware of … the wisdom of the soil or its long-term memory?
I am the tree … it is but a word to me … I am just the tree!
My leaves are held high … eager for the warmth of the sun and a gentle summer rains.
And I cast my shadows across the meadow … shade for those who would tend my roots and branches.
A family of Hawks has nested high in my crown …
That they may teach their young to soar with Grandfather Sky.
And I am honored for the air exchange we leafed beings … share … with those that have lungs.
May our needs remain in balance! May our days be many upon this earth!
I am the tree … no words, just a song for me … I am just the tree!
Listen for the whispers of my song … carried by the wind at your back.
There are many such songs in the forest, a different one for each and every physical thing.
Songs that reveal the secrets hidden in every leaf and rock.
Songs … like reference libraries … that share all secrets, great and small … worth knowing.
It is the universal language all things use to communicate, it is the only true language.
The language of vibrations … songs … still emanating from that very first day!
I am the tree … I am the song … I am the tree!
Ho Hecetu Welo!
contributed by Rob (Wind At His Back) Miller
This is WONDERFUL from the perspective of the tree… I will be in a “green” papermill setting at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO, for the National Crafts Festival in Sept-Oct this year. There will be a huge Sycamore tree featured and honoured in that setting in my Treehugger Papermill, featuring papermaking with all tree-free fibres. There will be various story boards and educational materials available to the 12,000-15,000 average daily participants in this 7-week annual festival. Would it be possible to obtain permission to use this beautiful writing by Ho Hecetu Welo? To whom should I address a request?
There are many posts at this site that are beautiful tributes to trees. If there is a specific one that you feel might be appropriate to share with the general public, and you are willing for it to be used with proper credit to the writer/site, please contact me… With great respect for the trees, Mimi
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Thank you for your kind comments. The events at the “green” papermill sound amazing! I would love to know more about it!
I spoke with the author of the story you mentioned…Permission granted…I’ll e-mail you the information.
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