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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2009-03-24 09:16 PM

A tree growing on a rocky cliff,
a branch moving in the wind,
a leaf fluttering gently to the ground,
a squirrel hiding it’s winter supply,
a caterpillar weaving it’s cocoon
to later emerge a beautiful butterfly...

A bird song welcoming the sun,
oxygen, a gift from the trees,
pure water, the life blood of Mother nature:
all these things work in harmony
to make this earth a living being.

When we finally realize and admit
we are also a part of all that is:
not above nor greater than;
will we change the way we live?
Will we know we don’t inherit the land,
we borrow it from the future?

I gather my paints, I take my canvas,
and on the bank of a river, among nature,
I begin to paint the beauty that surrounds me
why?  Well, it seems to me
that if man does destroy this lovely world,
I will still have my picture,
and I will remember.

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

1 posted 2009-03-24 09:19 PM

love the message of this!!

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 posted 2009-03-24 09:35 PM

Yo WindWalker,

You seem to have a pessimistic attitude when it comes to your fellow human beings.

Paint your picture anyway, and share it with your fellow human beings. They’ll enjoy it.

Bobby

[This message has been edited by Greeneyes (03-25-2009 09:25 PM).]

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2009-03-25 02:51 AM

"When we finally realize and admit
that we are a part of all that is:
not above or greater than;
will we change the way we live?"
I think it is pretty apparent that some will never come to that realization. WW
Best keep painting.
Ida

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

4 posted 2009-03-25 04:03 PM

Wonderful write, WW. I happen to agree it's best therapy to immerse yourself in what natural beauty you can still find, before it all goes up in smoke.

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

5 posted 2009-03-25 08:01 PM

a most fine 'poetic expression' of the Gaia Hypothesis and 'Universalism'
[the infinitely nested "Deep-Time" connectedness of all]! ... wonderful imagery ...

VERY significant (and long-sustained) applause for this important 'penning'!

Apparently the human species my not realize that we shall not inherit the land ...
until we "inherit the wind" near the vanishing point of self-extinction.

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