Dance lightly on the earth,
my friends, dance lightly,
for everywhere we place our foot
small universes are unfolding.
We tread like giants
through a microscopic world,
wipe out small insect armies
with our boot.
After we pass, the reconstructions starts:
blades of grass try to straighten
bent and broken bodies;
surviving ants commence
the tedious gathering of sand.
The small ones meet
to survey the dissarray.
"What was that?"
"It must have been a Giant.
Did you feel the ground tremble
as he passed?"
Our footsteps cause small tsunamis
in the forest.
Let's dance lightly,
eyes open to the small lives
lived along the pathways
where we place our feet.
Great Yes we are so unaware of mother earth and its inhabitants We do have "to dance lightly"
ReplyDeleteWherever you go, step lightly. I like the change of perspective. To the ants we are giants, to the trees we are ants. We are the inbetween and must be careful of those below and respectful of those above.
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