Today I was walking through a forest,
and I felt my hand holding your hand.
So I found a tree, a redwood with its roots
intertwined with the other trees;
a community dependent on each other.

I placed my hand on the trunk of that tree,
and I sent a prayer down into its roots,
into other trees with deeper roots,
until my prayer penetrated far into the earth
to you,
for you.

I can feel you in every moment,
your thoughts and words:
the hurt and doubt I have caused.

And so I offer you these prayers.
I know I cannot fix you,
but perhaps the trees can,
the dirt can,
and the sky can.

Because I love you with my entire soul,
and when I need to love you even more,
I steal the souls of every blade of grass,
the sun,
and the entire universe

just to give them to you.

08/15/2011

Posted on 08/16/2011
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