The earth,
This glorious blue-green marble of wonder,
Of life, of love, of awe,
What an odd treasure we both hold and disregard,
One we take for granted (and for granite),
mining it clean for resources
while not understanding its role
in keeping us together.
This world,
which we took for granted while traveling,
seeing the amazing topography
its features created
and the features we created on it.
Cultures, geography, geology,
and interconnectedness,
all a bit more distant from us now
that we must “shelter in place”
and treasure what we have.
Is it possible that this pandemic,
this disaster of immense proportions
and so many unknown effects,
could have the effect of our caring more
not just for each other
but for the earth too?
Less wasteful travel,
