-- *Mar*Certainly. Here's a *poem* inspired by *"The Basic Paradigm"*, capturing its core ideas—our unity with nature, the illusion of separation, and the hope for reconnection. The tone is contemplative and reverent, with a touch of urgency. ------------------------------ *You Are Not Outside*
You are not outside, watching the world through glass, measuring storms with machines, naming stars from afar. You are the breath of the forest, the pulse in the mountain's stone, the tide in the ocean’s whisper, the root that runs alone. Your bones know the curve of the river, your skin, the language of rain, your nerves echo thunder’s rhythm, your heartbeat chants the plain. But somewhere we were taught to sever— to draw the line in sand, to claim the sky as data, to carve and take the land. We called it growth and progress, we built our towers tall, we traded trees for plastic, and laughed when forests fall. Now the jobs are gone to iron, and the fields are stripped and bare, the wind has turned against us, and the air forgets to care. You feel alone, but it is fiction— your cells remember truth: you are the sun’s own shadow, you are the Earth’s green youth. Return, return in silence, lie down beneath the pine, hear the river naming you, and the roots that intertwine. Let the leaf become your textbook, let the storm become your guide, and walk no more in exile— you were never outside. ------------------------------ Would you like this poem formatted for print, with visuals, or adapted into a spoken word version? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCLu%2BsMVg09aLQ%2BLaeBooPJ-tFJbZjoszNUREjNC6mhuaA%40mail.gmail.com.
