The Happiness of Edzéard Bouffier

A still from the animated film "The Man Who Planted Trees."

He lost the habit of speech,

the man who planted trees,

working alone after loss —

so it is imagined, written, and drawn.

I believe it could happen,

doing your life's work in silence

and living alone,

yet you never can lose

the habit of thought,

which may not be speech,

 but it's language.

To watch the moving "The Man Who Planted Trees" (30 min.), click here.