Together

I read once that trees communicate with each other,

that they possess a unique,

complex, chemical language,

like nothing we humans can comprehend,

that beneath the earth

they are sending messages,

sharing nutrients,

warning each other,

protecting each other,

surviving,

together.

I also read once

that we lose 10 million hectares of forest each year

and the fact that these bits of information can co-exist in my mind

doesn’t feel right.