*
Some speak of beings
from other planets
from which we began.
And we know
we are connected to
sun and moon,
earth and sky,
which give us life.
The Old Ones tell
of the time when
lions and humans
sheltered in
the same caves
in winter.
They say, when man was close to
extinction from starvation,
the lion offered itself
to the human to eat,
so the human race
would survive.
What cosmic event
or supernatural design
ordered the far-flung galaxies
across the heavens,
and tended to the intricacies
of the smallest molecule's
existence
on the earth?
What we must understand
is this:
we - all of us -
are connected
to all other life.
We reap
what we sow:
today the feast,
tomorrow the whirlwind.
What I know is,
at the cellular level,
there is
not much difference
between us
and a star.
* The Eye of God - Helix Nebula image
is from en.wikipedia.org
Posted for Mary's prompt at Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads : Connections
