I have sought among the trees for peace,
and found in their shade a quiet knowledge;
there is a humbling silence in their ancient speech.
The echoes of time are within their sky-bound reach;
and to find my own small sound in their endless song
I have sought among the trees for peace.
The many years I spent, wasted, in universities,
and the words I threw, mindless, at the world, seem trite.
There is a humbling silence in their ancient speech.
And all the wild students I thought I could teach,
have grown apart from me in spite, and so
I have sought among the trees for peace.
Between two worlds I often stand, unsure which way to leap,
and listen to the oak and pine, their quiet words of wisdom:
there is a humbling silence in their ancient speech.
While other fools proselytize and in their sadness, preach,
I have found solace in the branches of another school.
I have sought among the trees for peace;
there is a humbling silence in their ancient speech.
24 NOV 2002
