The Green Man

Entering the forest

not really knowing why

I took chance to step upon a worn path

Though shaded beneath the canopy

the way was plain to see

Here and there rays of light

fought their way through the leaves

preventing the theft of my sight

removing the darkness

left behind from the night

The sun seldom dawns on the forest floor you know

The path I was following

was reminiscent of a slalom course

winding its way

through trees which were ever increasing

in their height and girth

taking me ever deeper

into the very heart of the forest

Before me appeared an opening

there was a great abundance of sunlight

As I drew closer

there at the center

I could see what must have been

the mother of all trees

The picture I saw

appeared strange to me

upon its branches

it looked as if there were the leaves

of the oak

of the elm

of the maple

of the birch and beach trees alike

all upon the same tree

My curiosity peaked

it was mixed with

the fear of the unknown

There at the base

of this trees great massive trunk

was the answer to why

I felt the need to enter this great wooded area

I had only heard of the Green Man before

never really believing that he existed

Then to my amazement

he spoke to me

“As the life of all trees are nourished

by the flow of the same life giving sap,

all human life is nourished

through the same blood”

“As all trees are one with creation,

all men are one with the trees”

“All the minute portions of creation

are part of the one whole,

we are all one”