A Gift to You

 What Exists Within

We search for food; we dig in deep

And many of you when you refer to digging, you think of it as being, with your paws, with your hands

We on the other hand, do it a different way

We use our beak, to treat ourselves with what exists within

Passage Way

Some of us are gentle and go only so far

Some of us not so much, we go in deep

For we are the believers that if you are to go, you need to go in deep

We tend to complete this passage way with certain species 

Food Source

And those certain species are softwoods

As in Evergreens

We look for a delicious meal

And we also look for decaying matter 

For we are drawn in to the food source, we are drawn into the Light 

Evidence

And as you might expect, we leave behind evidence 

Evidence that we were once there

Now some of you share the ability of knowing when we are there, for you hear us a long way off 

We are usually aloft when you hear us; you focus, you look up, and you listen again

And then if you are to be so lucky you might actually see us 

Relationship

We the Woodpeckers of the Trees want each and every one of thee to understand, we have a relationship with the Trees and the Land 

Some of us who make small holes, are there for a dual purpose 

Our dual purpose is one for us and one for you

The one for us is a plus, for we get a nibble, we get a bite

The one for you is so that you can continue to enjoy your tree

Decline Stage

Now some of us who do not enter delicately, some of us who make much deeper impressions in the tree, aim for trees that are on their way out, in the decline stage 

And what we leave behind, we are inclined to say to you, are spaces for other species to alight 

And if you are to use your insight, you will discover that we the Woodpeckers of the Trees and the Lands want you to understand, we make an impression, we gather our food source

Purpose

But what we leave behind, we are the kind to suggest to you, is for a purpose 

If we only dig a shallow path, the purpose is for the health of the tree

If we dig a deeper path, the purpose is to create cavities for others

Therefore, my dears we want to make it perfectly clear, we the Woodpeckers of the Land want you to understand, we understand our role 

What we take, we givith

As in as we enjoy a meal for ourselves, we always leave something behind

It’s Pay if Forward, so to speak

Offering

We the Woodpeckers of the Land want you to understand, each of you can pay it forward too

It doesn’t have to be in a money sense

It could be just your presence

It could be giving time to another, it could be a listening ear

It could be offering a ride, offering a meal

It could be sending a note

Wealth

A gift to another, many of you will discover, is a gift to you

For what you give to another spreads its wealth

So, what are you waiting for 

We the Woodpeckers of the Tree want you to see, you don’t have to make a lot of noise, you don’t have to make your presence known

Trail

You could leave a small sort of evidence that you were there, or if you care for something, more deep, more significant, you could leave a more obvious trail 

We the Woodpeckers of the Land want you to understand, it is not the size of your gift, it is not the size of your payment, it is that you thought of it at all

So, if you get that Calling, if you feel you can do this, step up to the plate, it’s never too late