While we waited, with bated breath,
for a return to our ‘normal,’
she breathed a heavy sigh,
of relief.

While we stepped in,
she stepped out,
and we saw our impact on her,
more clearly.

While she regenerated from,
our relentless destruction,
we planned for,
next.

We will either learn,
to respect her,
or we will continue,
to destroy her.

Have we not learned, yet,
that to destroy her,
is to destroy,
ourselves?

So step in with me,
for just a while longer,
and think about how,
you do,
next.

~Marcela: letting her breathe, so that you and I can continue to do so.
May 03, 2020