I believe
in the immense symbolic power of carrying a travel mug.
And riding a bicycle.
Small book stores.
Reading aloud to children
and doing all the voices.
Unseen acts of integrity.
Light rail.
Dark skies.
The leadership of the Dalai Lama,
and Greta Thunberg.
The innate human ability to live in tune with nature.
The dignity of the whale.
The patience of the tortoise.
Releasing the dominance
to embrace the song,
as in conversing with scrub jays
in their bold, brass, mellifluous tones.
