The Healing

The planet will not
be healed
by powerful politicians
in big cities
who spend trillions on
a global strategy
that never quite begins.
They also burn much fuel.
Earth will be healed
by villagers who sing,
by backyard gardeners
like you
who walk more slowly
right here,
who feel the green
through bare soles,
speaking fewer words,
cradling
each other's anger
like mothers,
awakening
the heirloom seeds
of the heart.

~ Alfred K. Lamotte

From the lovely, lively collection The Nectar of this Breath