My journey ends This is the settling of the wanderer I lay down my weary limbs on a wet bed of moss I taste the dew, drink some resin, climb the clouds and collect some stars I cloak my body in leaves of fern and make my mouth the nest of the night snake I replace my lonesome heart with acorns The seedling will sprout within my chest I place two...Learn More

Snow-flowers wander home when they melt and flow to the roaring sea Rock-ferns roll their fronds up close again and blend with the cold soil Myriads of living creatures sink into death’s arms, dust to dust, spirit to spirit, waited on, watched over, noticed only by their lifegiving mother Trees are towering in the sky, braving storms of...Learn More

I know a place in the very heart of the forest A sacred grove covers the gate into the hidden woodland realm None but a chosen few can find the paths that lie in twilight, the twisting trails of moss and fern, of mist and morning dew If you enjoy the friendship of the seasons and learned to listen to the trees I will guide you to an ancient place...Learn More

The black birds gather Harbingers of death whisper of a coming storm The old growth bows to the roaring winds For hundreds of years he throned over this primeval forest A thousand spirits of the woods encircle his crown Homeless they‘ll fade into the opaque void The spotted owls disappear at first Like ghosts of a dying world they vanish in the...Learn More

Our future has been foretold by the wise elders of our ancestors They saw the cycle of life not completed for the first time They saw the seventh generation wasting away in silence Their bleached bones lying on dry and barren ground 'The sun‘s brightness fades, and the winds sigh humanely, the clouds rain tears, and the woods shed their...Learn More

The ghosts of fire dance across the crimson skyline The spirits of life enter the pale world of ashes With emberhands the flames embrace the land The fiery invasion consumes mighty bark and burns old stem Another giant falls to the blackened ground What remains is a monument of bygone beauty An altar of wisdom in a world consumed by deaths fierce...Learn More