A poet of the environment rhymes forests into trees
whose very health roots soil within your heart.

A poet of the environment knows naked truth
will never be clothed in robes of a dominant species.

A poet of the environment echoes words
upon each child of your own becoming.

A poet of the environment records this sense of place,
in familiar traces, on a timeworn path into yearning.

A poet of the environment reaches inside the very marrow
of an immune system's poem of great healing.

A poet of the environment breaths soul's aspirations
like ancient wisdom's awakening acceptance of no substitutes.

A poet of the environment writes light upon shadows
embracing love to say farewell to these words.
 

lloyd marbet, 1-12-01, the poem never read at the party.