Original poem by Gordon Rosenberg.

Text:

the trees are speaking to us
their words haunt my dreams
it’s written on their limbs
and spoken through their leaves

they’re telling us much is wrong
these great spirits of the earth
will we heed their timely warnings
take their words for all they’re worth

can we see the forests dying
do we understand the cost
how we can’t live without them
when nature’s balance has been lost

will we humans learn to live by
earthly wisdom one hears and sees
for the truth is there before us
it’s being written in the trees