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The Cleansing Tree


Talk to me
O mighty tree,
brother of the earth
sister of the sky
You, whose roots
live deep in the ground.
You, whose leaves
touch high into the sky.

Talk to me
take my pain,
my worries and shame
send them up into
your leaves
where the wind
will blow them away.

Send them down into
your roots where
the great earth
will change them
into food to feed
the planet.

O mighty tree,
brother of the earth
sister of the sky,
I stand before you,
allow me into your world.

Heal me, set me free,
clean and free
to be what
I want to be.