Blown by the wind..

 

They are beautiful in their peace,
they are wise in their silence.
They will stand after we are dust.
They teach us, and we tend them.

(The pic was taken just aftr it stopped showering..)

The Gateless Barrier

Because they are primeval,
because they outlive us,
because they are fixed,
trees seem to emanate a sense of permanence.
And though rooted in earth,
they seem to touch the sky.
For these reasons it is natural to feel we might learn wisdom from them,
to haunt about them with the idea that if we could only read their silent riddle rightly we should learnsome secret vital to our own lives;
or even,more specifically,
some secret vital to our real,
our lasting and spiritual existence.