There was once
a child who wept herself to sleep
so dark and desolate, her dreams
that the universe reached down
to bestow on her a gift
an image, a state, a thought
to convey stillness of mind
in the likeness of three juniper trees
one representing the emotional body
a second the physical body
and a third the psychological body
all equal
to remind the child that all she needs to do
is to nurture, care and love
all that she is