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A two-thousand-year-old tree
in an ecosystem filled
with a
tumultuous,
complex,
riot
of interacting plant species
feels
markedly different
than a lone sapling
surrounded by grass,
stark in the front yard
of a new housing development,
or the Norfolk pine
leaning drunkenly
in the corner of the kitchen.
The green,
orderly
lawns
surrounding children's homes
do not bear any relationship
to the up-and-down,
uneven landscapes
filled with giant, craggy outcroppings
of the immeasurably ancient stones of Earth
that wild landscapes often possess.
A calm pond lends us serenity,
yet when its waters
are disturbed
by wind
are we not also disturbed?
our emotions unsettled?
Where is it
that our feelings
really come from?
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