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Stay on the trail We say Don’t disturb the environment We believe Limiting our presence is best But is the trail truly separate from its surroundings? Just for a moment leave the trail behind Step on the grass Settle into the dirt Sink into the water Feel the rock The sand The soil Any of it All of it We are not confined to the trails Not our influence Nor our impact We are not separated Kept safe and apart By the trails, roads, structures that we make The illusion of our disconnection From our ecosystems is dangerous Allowing us to only play the role of Savior with our absence Destroyer with our presence Both Savior and Destroyer are outsiders Gods that act on the world While remaining removed Unaffected We are not gods We are players in all ecosystems entrenched in all food webs affected and affecting Only by seeing ourselves in the picture Neither problem nor solution But part of all processes start to finish Can we see what conservation truly is Conservation of balance Conservation of community Conservation of self as part of the whole Static equilibrium is not the goal Our world has always been dynamic Ever changing Ever evolving Each player in an ecosystem gives as well as takes How do we give? Can we balance our give and take Find reciprocity in each unique facet of our world I believe we can We must We will Imperfectly but with purpose Through setbacks and leaps ahead And I need you to believe it too
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Mar 2, 2022
Mar 2, 2022 at 9:36 PM UTC
Part of the Whole
Stay on the trail We say Don’t disturb the environment We believe Limiting our presence is best But is the trail truly separate from its surroundings? Just for a moment leave the trail behind Step on the grass Settle into the dirt Sink into the water Feel the rock The sand The soil Any of it All of it We are not confined to the trails Not our influence Nor our impact We are not separated Kept safe and apart By the trails, roads, structures that we make The illusion of our disconnection From our ecosystems is dangerous Allowing us to only play the role of Savior with our absence Destroyer with our presence Both Savior and Destroyer are outsiders Gods that act on the world While remaining removed Unaffected We are not gods We are players in all ecosystems entrenched in all food webs affected and affecting Only by seeing ourselves in the picture Neither problem nor solution But part of all processes start to finish Can we see what conservation truly is Conservation of balance Conservation of community Conservation of self as part of the whole Static equilibrium is not the goal Our world has always been dynamic Ever changing Ever evolving Each player in an ecosystem gives as well as takes How do we give? Can we balance our give and take Find reciprocity in each unique facet of our world I believe we can We must We will Imperfectly but with purpose Through setbacks and leaps ahead And I need you to believe it too
#conservation#climatechange#connection#disconnection#nature#environment#humans
krmistry
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krmistry
33/F/Bellingham, WA
Mar 2, 2022
Mar 2, 2022 at 9:36 PM UTC
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