A new life appeared. A seed was planted in a little brown pot.
In that little brown pot was soil:
The soil of humanity.
This soil makes life grow, from a seed to an enormous tree.
That tree fades away with the years.
It fades, but no-one notices it.
One day, that tree will crunch up and become… A handful of dust
That new comers will have to pick up.
They will pick it up and put it in a jar. A glass jar.
That jar they will cautiously close; and throw it from a high cliff,
In the stormy water, where all the memories fade, disappear.
This is the story of the tree of humanity.
Inspired by a poem by Joy Harjo.
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