I was busy thinking
One day
And my mind was struck
By a passing thought
Do the Redwoods tell myths
Of the dinosaur kings and queens
Who ruled at the end of the earth
64,000,000 years ago
At night
Under the same full moon
That has watched life
Rise and fall
Who shone before the primordial
Lightening flash and
Who will be there when mother sun
Is reborn
I quietly listen
For the songs of the trees.

© 1998 Joe Rigney