Night Trees

I think trees contemplate the stars at night.
They reach across the sky with tree minds
to acknowledge oneness with their source:
a star's explosion
sowing atoms of carbon like seeds
in the furrows of galaxies,
sprinkling iron like salt
to flavor life.

That's why trees grow upward
in praise of light and order.
Visible proof of the unity of polar opposites --
At once rooted in dark earth,
immobilized in soil,
while branches dance on air,
catching sunlight and moonlight;
weaving dazzling shadow patterns
on the ground beneath them.