The Healing Tree (El Lechero) - Otavalo, Ecuador
We speak to you now
As ones, who like you,
Are much younger than
The Mountains
Sustained by the same Water
And the same Sun
And both blessed to be
In this place of wonder,
We have been asked to tell you
To share and celebrate
This Garden with your kind
The Bear brings you power,
The Deer, protection
We, the Trees, standing silently
In witness, give you trust
The Water comes and goes
The Animals are busy
On their own paths
The Mountains, well,
They have other things to do,
Communing with the very forces
That created the face
Of this Earth
We speak to you now as ones
Whose lives come and go,
Much like yours.
You, however, are affecting
How this Garden grows
And that is why we seek
Your attention
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