chungsi  

walk in kindness towards the Earth,
take what is granted you
  and leave behind what is demanded;
remember, we shall all return to the roots of where we stand

so tread softly to the edge of the trees,
  and dream sweetly in the heart of the world...

hunger


for the soundscape
of the wordless voices.

  let your ears expand
  beyond language

sweet child, dear love,
we are all of one family
and one family makes us all;

so cry not in the terrors of darkness...
listen, gently murmuring,
  are the rumblings of ancient rocks
  and the twinkling of timeless stars
hear, softly whispering,
  the songs of the green and the breathing

for we are all the children of the forest

listen to the silence in the noise,
the whisperings in the silence,
the voices of the voicless,
and the voiceless songs of what was once spoken