For Them

To have grasslandsdoesn’t mean we no longer need mountainsBecause we have the vastness of oceansdoesn’t mean we should abandon the Gobi springsA bird’s flighthas made the sky forget lonelinessA colt’s birthdoesn’t impede the camel’s existenceI once cried for an Indigenous American chiefbecause his death left an unfinished oral epicforever in darknessFor this reason, we loveevery single life on earthjust as we respectthe differences among all living thingsI’ve always believedthe glistening radiance of a single dewdropisn’t inferior to that of a great river