All Living Things Poem by David Whalen

The sea…a living sentient thing
As is the Earth…an organism alive

For who’s to say that oceans don’t think
And that planets don’t strive to survive

That trees and leaves have no feelings
And rocks…no emotions

That waves could’na be the heartbeat and…
The pulse of vibrant oceans

That canyons be not wrinkles
That mountains are not just features

That constellations…and galaxies
Not simply grand cosmic creatures

That lakes are not eyes
Valleys not ears

Volcanoes not simply pimples
Nor the rain…Terra’s tears

As atoms…to universes
Meteor storms…to hail

The only true difference is…
A slight matter… of scale

Only the out-sized ego of…
man can stubbornly deny

Only stifled imaginations
Sterile, dusty and dry

Only minds conditioned
to not even strive…fail

To acknowledge that all and everything
That exists…is in it’s own way, alive