IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE : Wild Plants and All My Other Relations
I have been taught…
that all beings are my relatives
(the plants as well as the animals) and,
entitled to the same dignities and survival.
I have been taught…
that we...as participant in the Circle of Life,
have no choice but to take from it and,
in so doing, inevitably alter that Circle.
I have been taught…
that not only for our own survival, but
for all the others within the Circle of Life,
we must maintain a balance and harmony,
within that Circle, for our Mother, the Earth.
Nova M. Kim, Osage
Copyright 1995, Nova M. Kim, All Rights Reserved
Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) with Spider Web by a charming unidentified Weaver.