I am Tree.  My roots grow deep into Mother Earth.  My branches grow high into Father Sky.  My roots and branches bind Father Sky to Mother Earth and hold the world together.

          I am Tree.  I drink the pure, clean water of Mother Earth and sway in the breath of the air in Father Sky.  I change water into air and air into water and bind the world together.

          I am Tree.  I hold the history of the world within me.  My trunk is a library of knowledge.  Listen to the wind blowing through my branches, the water rising through my roots, and learn your history--your destiny.

          I am Tree.  I am young and supple and old and gnarled.  I am your youth, your middle age, your old age.  I remember everything.  I record everything.  Can you not feel my knowledge?

          I am Tree.  I do not just stand here.  I see.  I record.  I remember.  I bind the earth and sky together.