Connected

The trees stood gallantly against the riverbed,
as they watched over the small village and its people,
the villagers respected the forest which hosted them,
as the forest was millennia older than them.
Villagers used the trees for food,
from Brazil nuts to Coconuts,
the bounties of hte trees helped feed the village.
The bushy palms even surrender their hearts to the villagers,
as the people feast on the Lover's source
They used other trees as timber,
to build homes that sheltered their families from the rains,
and to build the boats that sent them pulsing through the tributaries
 like cells pulsing through the body.
But as time passed,
The villagers began to lose respect of the forest their forefathers taught them.
And as the machetes and saws came to the villages,
Paths were cut through the virgin forests,
a deep wound that could only fester and cause death to the entire jungle.
As each tree was brutally slain by steel,
the trees all swayed in a united sadness,
As deep down beneath the forest floor,
all trees are connected,
so as one is harmed,
the rest feel its pain.