have you never been awoken by the sun
only to hear the wind whisper
through the needles on the evergreens
in the chilly breath of fall?
feared the pinecones above
as you sleep,
naked to the stars, below?
have you never made the unlevelled earth
your home for the eve?
the air and sky your shelter
from a story you don't quite fit?
have you never remembered
what it feels like
to listen to the silence
of what it is
to belong
to the nature
that gives life to all beings?
never contemplated the ancient wisdom
in the rocks you climb?
the unfathomable strength
in the seas you surf?
the innocent purity
in the rivers you raft and fish?
the deep calm
in the lakes where you might bathe?
have you never remembered
that you live
and breathe
in nature,
just as nature
lives and breathes
in you?
