I have held my breath
\nfor sixty seconds,
\nthe extent of my life\u2019s separation
\nfrom the air.
\nBeyond that time is a cataclysmal place.
\nA trapeze that is sundered.<\/p>\n
So nature makes its point.
\nI belong to it.
\nWhatever I call myself, a
\ncitizen of some arbitrary country.
\nI am nature\u2019s soul.
\nI am nature\u2019s heart,
\nand what I do to nature
\nI do to myself.
\nWhat I do to my friends
\nis being done to me.<\/p>\n
To love nature is as natural
\nas to love myself,
\nwith one reservation.
\nNature is a purity that demands innocence.
\nWe must literally love the air around us,
\nif not
\nsixty seconds is the only ransom
\nit would pay to keep me,
\nthen I\u2019m on my own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have held my breath for sixty seconds, the extent of my life\u2019s separation from the air. Beyond that time is a cataclysmal place. A…<\/p>\n