visible symptoms of pain that get ignored to the comfort and profit of others? something to be tapped and used while our abuser is already salivating over the next planet. permanent scars that will outlast whatever reason they were inflicted, regardless of intent or as an afterthought. how many hearts have our tornados and typhoons have tossed and torn through like barns and buicks and  beach houses?  


polluted with other's filth past whatever we could have ever dreaded coping with? you hoped that recycling would work. turns out recycling was a lie. you hoped that ssris would work. turns out its not just depression. you hoped therapy could work. turns out that works when you are strong enough to make it work. you hoped green energy could help. turns out a lot of people think you're too unreliable and messy to be worth it.  


do you ever wonder if the earth feels at home? sometimes I wonder if the earth feels most like itself when the people it cares for care for it back.