Our Connections to Trees, #1

I've been thinking of all the ways the we, as humans, are connected to trees. The first connection I thought of comes from my grade school learning that trees absorb our carbon dioxide and in turn release oxygen into the air for us to breathe.

I found this beautiful poem that eloquently talks about this exchange and wanted to share it.

trees are our lungs turned inside out

& inhale our visible chilled breathe.

our lungs are trees turned inside out

& inhale their clear exhalations.

Inside Out by Bill Yake