The Forest Has Been Here

The Forest has always been here.
It was here as the native people of this land came,
foraging, hunting, taking only what they needed.
Here when the Europeans came,
bringing hate, devastation, destruction.
The forest has been here for
Hundreds
Thousands
Millions of years.
For every new age,
new era, 
it has been here, 
Surviving,
Watching, 
Knowing.
The Forest has been here, 
protecting,
As the mother raises her young,
as the ecosystems change and grow,
as we took and took.
The Forests have always been here,
helping others to survive, 
only giving.
The forest has been here since the beginning,
and must last to the end.
And as the ones who only take,
we must give, 
and protect the Forests, the Mountains, The Oceans,
Before it is too late.