Seated In The Heart Of All Beings Poem by David Taylor

Humanity remember;
remember that which
you most surely know,
that from which you come,
that to which you go,
that in which you rest,
your essence, your home.

Shining bright lava
springing from the depths,
how quickly it cools
on meeting the air,
how dark the thin crust
that conceals what is there.
Each mighty mountain,
from where it first came,
(how far from its centre)
but still just the same.
Shaped by the wind
of lifetimes exposed
and lovingly covered
with purest white snow.
At its feet the great forests
and rivers that flow,
reaching the ocean,
(the ocean that knows) .

Humanity remember;
remember that which
you most surely know,
the source of the mountain,
the depth of the ocean,
the rivers which flow,
your essence, your home.