7/30/18
Inspired by native American teachings and scientific understanding of the history of this planet, some 4.5 billion years.
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Listen to the land Look at life Watch the seas Therein lie lessons For you and me Land cracks, thunder claps Lava flow, fissures show Mountains burst their tops Winds whistle through canyons Earth belches oil spires Forests light themselves on fire The land speaks in many ways Been talking to you all your days Life does things strategically From instincts unspoken Spiders restart webs anew Not repairing ones broken Plants are older than us They know more than we do Using only light and water Feed us, keep us in proper order Seas lapping on shore Caps of icy foam galore Frozen arctic blocks dropping off Deep black ocean depths What we see we can't fathom Tsunamis flash and roar Then there's glassy stillness Minds try to grasp its vastness Land speaks truth Life resets itself Seas reveal reality Look for lessons You will see
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