All Living Things
The sea…a living sentient thing
As is the Earth…an organism alive
For who’s to say that oceans don’t think
And that planets don’t strive to survive
That trees and leaves have no feelings
And rocks…no emotions
That waves could’na be the heartbeat and…
The pulse of vibrant oceans
That canyons be not wrinkles
That mountains are not just features
That constellations…and galaxies
Not simply grand cosmic creatures
That lakes are not eyes
Valleys not ears
Volcanoes not simply pimples
Nor the rain…Terra’s tears
As atoms…to universes
Meteor storms…to hail
The only true difference is…
A slight matter… of scale
Only the out-sized ego of…
man can stubbornly deny
Only stifled imaginations
Sterile, dusty and dry
Only minds conditioned
to not even strive…fail
To acknowledge that all and everything
That exists…is in it’s own way, alive
poem by David Whalen
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