The peculiarity of people
the insistence we occupy the apex of all things
shows in how we now protect the world around us
from ourselves
to keep rivers from being turned into hydroelectric sources
we redesignate them as persons
to be safe from human folly
nature becomes human
in our eyes
people who live more harmoniously with the natural world
see within it our ancestors
the spirit world has always incorporated humans who are gone
but still present
The dove in the back yard
who flies to the wall when I come out
the trees who tell me secrets of being
when I pause to hear their story
even the new grape vines
lift their leaves in different ways
having their moodiness of being
My friend sees his people in the rocks
on the golf course a tree has grown a human like face near the ground
is it the walls or the plain open interior of this house
that contains the footsteps of those who came before
Have you seen the rewilded rivers
alive with spawning salmon
churning towards the sea again
set free?
#napowrimo
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