there are things that exist in the world
that we never think about
like the kelp forests in the ocean
and thousands of bird species in the trees
that surround us
we were made to be observers
and instead we reached out and touched
the exhibits that never belonged to us
we have strangled the Earth,
cutting down the very source of oxygen
and then ask why there’s no air to breathe
you cannot beat and bully a planet
and then expect it to renew itself
the same way you cannot
throw punches at your friends
and then ask for their embrace
when we have all come face to face
with the horrors of our human ways
our beautiful host will have rotted and decayed
i just hope there is no one there to picket that funeral