The Lesson

“…find in the natural world superb metaphors for human life.” Luci Shaw

Creature, as much created 

as the rest, conscientious 

yes, thus most indebted

 

for the Earth: spacious,

environ-varied, all-providing.

But you have grown pretentious

 

strayed far from my guiding

into an artificial life of stress 

and ills. You spend your time dividing

 

your self at the feet of progress,

divorced from authenticity,

living dull and sullen days with less 

 

and less gratifying harmony.

Seek again your Sister’s counsel

and I’ll cure your deficiency 

 

with wildness connections that fulfill.

Recall first flesh? Fashioned then 

from dust you now tread? Gather, spill

 

it from your palms�"again,

hold it, etch your prints back 

where they find their origin.

 

Go beyond the data, the black

and white: listen, watch, find

the intimacy, don’t just react.

 

I teach those who mind.

Consume what you observe; see

how analogies I offer are aligned

 

with your life, that all moves in unity, 

that if you would know yourself, know me.

Author's Note

I am hopeful that the speaker is clear. 😬

Reviews

[Aidan Singletary]

I really enjoyed this one!
I took this to be God speaking to his creation (humans in particular) which has strayed from his design.

[HumanNaturePoet]

Thanks for your feedback! I actually intended it to be Mother Nature, but since God created Mother Nature ;), I am happy you heard God speaking.