As Buddha Smiles

They started a little after 7 a.m.

Chain saws buzzing

Bodies hitting the ground.

Sky Goddess cries out

As it thunders and tears

Pour from the sky.

One hour

Two hours

Three hours

Four hours

Buzz saw thumping bodies

Shaking Earth.

Another crash of thunder

Another tree

Cries and falls

More tears flowing from the sky

As chain saws

Keep buzzing and buzzing

Five hours

Six hours

The hearts of

Twenty trees stop beating.

Eleven remain.

Buddha smiles

In Love

Compassion

And infinite Wisdom

Among the fallen limbs.

We will learn in our own time

One person by one person by one person,

The value of kindness

Nurturing and Compassion

For all sentient beings.

Women will lead the way

And men will love

Their feminine qualities

And follow women

Who love and cherish

Earth.

And then, the buzzing that we hear

Will be happy bees and humming birds

Spreading love from plant to plant

Nurturing food

That nurtures our bodies

And our children’s bodies

And our children’s children’s bodies…..

Buddha smiles

Resting in equanimity

On the razor’s edge.

The bow strings are neither

Too tight nor too loose.

All is as it is

As we learn to softly walk in balance

On Mother Earth.

Today is National Love a Tree Day,

May 16th, 2018

I sold my house a couple of weeks ago and today, they cut trees down. The 25+ year old rose bush is still there for the time being.