one’s patina is boundless

one’s humility of being here can be just

boundless

we think we know better

humans with some great sense of divinity

being above it all

the inheritance of this place is a continuity

one we dramatically sense our birthright

the language we need to use

the bushmen

the originals

the aboriginals

the native

we humans

these two footed pedals

the rainbow that still blooms

the broken string that still rings

the stars that linger when we stop seeing

we humans

the deilght we seek yet foresake for what we call out as truth

this in front of us every moment

we have lost our ability to hear the embrace that reaches its arms out to us every moment of every moment

all words

but we are a part of this every bit of it

and we know it

the fear of it makes us believe we are above it or other than it

no control no longing no force can tell us what we want to hear

here

the truth is fundamental

we do not know

but gratitude and this longing we fear

are

enough with the fighting enough with the fingers enough with the searching

turn around

there

there

there

it is

listen to the elders they know

take care of it

they know