Show me a forest

Where ancient trees nourish

Those prayers of our ancestors.

Where forgiveness weaves luminous threads

Of hope between familial wounds that seek

Shelter amidst the verdant earth.

Where long held tears are honored

As talismans and portals lying in wait between

Sedimentary stones.

Show me a forest

Where hopes and dreams

Are realized by nature deities and spirits

Frolicking to and fro

Between parallel universes.

Creating a sanctuary for all creatures

Great and small.

One where humans and nature

remember the tiniest miracles

Each has to offer the universe.