Dear Humans,
Let me introduce to you
My Mother, Nature.
You have disconnected from
her, forgotten.
Well, here she is –
revealing her full self to you.
Vulnerable and earthy.
I suggest you freeze.
Stare in awe.
She is not simply a beautiful tree or a tasty apple.
She is not simply a microbe living inside you,
digesting your food, making your immune system strong.
She is the tsunami of more.
Those who do not respect
floods, shifts of winds
will not respect today
they will not freeze and stare.
They believe shampooing the
head with sand is
power.
She says:
{audible sigh}
“I tell them again and again; this is how it always has been, how it is supposed to be.”
Sincerely,
Koala, from the forest that was
Hokis | Poetry 