We are not alone in this world.
There are plants and insects,
birds and frogs, fishes and microbes,
squirrels and bears. And, hard to miss,
billions and billions of other humans.
It is apparently not the case that
more people are alive right now
than have ever lived on Earth,
but the rich lushness of summer,
the harsh brightness of the sun,
the heat and humidity of the air,
the cacophony of odors and scents,
the irritating attack by insects,
the rustle of creatures in the brush,
the clamor of calls and hisses,
the yelling, screaming, laughter,
and repetitive pounding of
beat heavy music, and the
residual mental scarring
incurred from media assault,
can all make one feel as if
one is swimming in very deep
clawingly viscous waters, with
no safe quiet shore or mooring
anywhere to be found.
Life itself can seem a
runaway chemical reaction
with very little purpose
or meaningful direction,
no different from a
raging summer tornado,
or obliterating wildfire.
Truly, are we but self-deluded
rudderless flotsam adrift
on raging chemical currents?
Maybe. Maybe. But humans,
most humans, not unlike most
forms of life, construct things.
We take this and a bit of that,
and we put them together
to make something that
has never before existed.
Those things seldom last,
or too often prove to be
of dubious consequence,
but what we do is different
from the disruption of a storm,
or the conflagration of a fire.
We turn the direction of things,
much like a kind of gravity,
pulling things together
instead of bursting them apart.
And so, what of our politics?
Can we have a politics
aligned and informed
by life itself, constructed
and shaped and nurtured
to allow for space and
opportunity for all of
Earth’s creatures that
are not bent on destruction
or self-aggrandizement,
to flourish and shine and
create from the uniqueness
of their souls toward
a potential fulfilled
well-being for all?
Can we? Can we?
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
Phippsburg
AL
USA
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