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the earth finds ways of protecting itself

a way of saying "past this point you cannot cross"
without suffering
without scars
a land no longer laid flat and bare
a dreadful danger placed there

rosebushes and cacti
the earth finds ways
fast running water and deep pitfalls
the earth finds ways
hurricanes and sandstorms
the earth finds ways
tusked mammallia and arachnids

walking past a caged canine
ferocity incarnate barking
a perversion of nature manufactured by man
coyotes in the distance respond cruelly
and in painfully blind futility
man and nature
we find ways