Warily
\nWe should walk upon this
\nEarth, as the guests
\nOf this molten mass
\nWe are.
\nAs amnesiatic wayfarers
\nWe wander over this
\nSmall planet,
\nForgetting all that
\nWe have been and come from.<\/p>\n
We forget we are merely guests,
\nAnd ravish the land,
\nWe ravish and rubbish a planet
\nWe can have no part of
\nFor no part exists
\nAs we see it
\nFor anything other than our
\nBenefit.<\/p>\n
But that benefit lies not
\nIn its raping, but
\nIn its understanding.<\/p>\n
As a visitor to this planet
\nOur understanding of ourselves
\nAnd our relationship to
\nThis planet as visitors,
\nWill ensure our visitation
\nShall be fruitful,
\nAnd we shall benefit from
\nBeing the guests of the earth.<\/p>\n
But forgetting our impermanence
\nHere, forgetting our past,
\nForgetting our arrival and not
\nRemembering our departure,
\nWe see ourselves no longer
\nAs guests of this earth,
\nBut as the masters of the earth.<\/p>\n
In our own misguided way
\nOur lack of understanding
\nRenders us prisoners
\nInstead of guests.<\/p>\n
Imprisoned by our own
\nLack of understanding,
\nOur own misguided desire.<\/p>\n
Here we shall return and remain,
\nUntil we realize the crimes which
\nImprison us – until we pay for those crimes;
\nUntil we learn to be guests again,
\nUntil we learn not to rape the earth,
\nOur fellow guests,
\nOr ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Warily
We should walk upon this
Earth, as the guests
Of this molten mass
We are.
As amnesiatic wayfarers
We wander over this
Small planet,
Forgetting all that
We have been and come from.<\/p>\n
We forget we are merely guests,
And ravish the land,
We ravish and rubbish a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-metaphysical","category-poems","category-social"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":829,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}