You are the planet
Not a part of it
You are it.
This planet created you
You are an expression of it
You believe that you are separate
That you’re different from nature
An exception to it, somehow
None of it’s rules apply to you
You are nature! What else!
Maybe you’ve forgotten
That single unavoidable truth
You are mortal
You aren’t here forever
Time is life. Who’s? Yours.
Everyday you act immortal
So you delude yourself
You think you have time
Time for anger, judgment
Reacting compulsively
The truth of existence is no puzzle
You might think life is long
But it is so so brief
Your time is a fraction of fraction
Of a sliver of a speck in this cosmos
If you knew this, lived it
Every moment of your life
You would not waste it
Gratitude, love, compassion
Such things would become simple
Human decency dawns
When you realize mortality
The precious fragility of you
Of all of us, friend or foe
No life should miss out
The planet too will die
Birth, death, birth death
This is one process, not two
This process is called life
Life is what you are
You are not your opinions
Your delusions and masks
Your justifications a plenty
Even now you are forgetting
All life is mortal. Especially yours.
Our galaxy is but one of billions
Our solar system a tinier slice
Our planet even less so
Then there’s you.
All of it has it’s time to go.
Don’t waste any more time
The point of life is just to be
Happiness is intrinsic to you
Your choice. Not circumstantial.
Life will take care of itself.