OCCUPY THE WORLD

Occupy the World.

Start with the body. Root your feet. You are the same as trees, the stuff of dust, a universe of water, inhabitants no one yet can name.

Breathe this air. It is not yours. Passed through bromeliads, stromatolites, tyrannosaurs– through all the gills and pores and lungs of life–pass it on.

Open your hands, marvel of primate finger, clapping palm. Point at what you love, draw it close. Pat it gently on the back.

Find your voice. Join whales, elephants, the yapping dogs. In every pond the frogs complain. Desperate birds are calling from every branch.

Occupy the World.