Tell Me Tree

Are you lonely? Tell me tree
Can we talk? Just you and me
You stand lonely, yet you blossom
Tell me tree, what is your weapon?

No my dear
I don't use weapons
You humans think
With too much reason;

I'm not lonely
I live with air
The touch of the earth
Is my constant companion;

I talk with birds
They tell me stories
Of you and others
Across oceans and monasteries,
I see the world
Through the eyes of birds
Must hear them talk
They are the best teachers.

You are not lonely. I know now tree,
Can we talk? Just you and me!