 Our forests, the lungs of the earth, give us oxygen for life, keeping us and Mother Earth cool. As large canopies shade us and absorb our carbon dioxide, vast forests create conditions vital to stimulating rainfall. While tree roots slow the flowing water to battle flooding, the complex interweaving of these roots hold the soil, preventing erosion and devastating landslides, rotting leaves and decaying trees supply nutrients galore, while others provide homes for birds, snakes, frogs, insects, foxes, and much, much more. But we humans tend to get carried away as we plunder and violate, taking more lumber than we need from these trees that were once great. Let us replant and recreate the forest, our majestic windbreak, that protects us and our crops from raging winds and eventual heartache. The forest so full of life, yet tranquil and serene, how wonderful it is to listen to your rustling leaves and chirping birds, bathing in the morning light as it peeps through the dew-soaked foliage. Oh, let's not forget our long-time healer, our medicine mother, full of remedies and cures in roots, flowers, and leaves. Forest, my dear mother, feed me with your berries and honey, lavish me with your mushrooms and exotic fruits. Forests, giant sponges, cleaning the waters as it cascades downhill. Over the waterfalls and into our rivers, clean, pure, refreshing, we can just dive in and soak away our worries and cares, remembering to walk away with our garbage and not leave you in despair.