Play-actor Slavery
by Odin Roark

Mountains and sea
will live as they are,
knowing they are stone and water,
accepting erosion and weather,
embracing their harmony with honesty.

Oceans don't complain.
they tide high and low tide,
build and release pressure,
then patiently await the next cycle.

Mountains reject weakness,
hold their strength tight,
occasionally sending time's-cost
to the valley floor as scree.
But resent?
Regret?
Become moody because they might not represent the highest peak?

I think not.

Now humans…

Will the species ever accept itself?

Will we ever accede to who we are,
not who other people think we should be?

Nature does have its change of moods,
but it doesn't long to be something it's not.
Sea = water
Stones = rock
Sun up = beginning
Sun down = consummation.

Just being.
No enhancement needed.
No desire to replace or swap.

Fortunately…

Unlike humans,
Nature knows not of solipsistic neurosis,
it exists free of transient play-actor slavery.