Alicia Carr

“Our blood is red because of the iron we inherited from the Earth.
Iron to bind the oxygen from trees and phytoplankton.
Our blood and breath are hand-me-downs.
The landscape is not scenery.
It’s family. Notice the resemblance.

Our blood is mostly water.
Iron to bind oxygen, built using the energy of sunlight.
Water. Earth. Air. Fire.
You may feel separate from the natural world,
but just look at what you are.
Look at how you live.
You are not born to this place. You are born of this place.

Take one square meter of your bedroom,
of the deepest abyss of sunless sea,
of the brutal emptiness of interstellar space.
Put them side by side and see the harmony.
They are all children of the same natural laws.

Our bodies speak of contradiction.
Bones and soft tissue. Teeth and lips. Sensitive resilience.
What strong family resemblance we share
with the landscapes that shaped us.
Wind and stone. Rivers and oaks.
The old dance of opposing forces
creating a unified whole.“

~ From the magical and curious - Field Guide to the Haunted Forest {By Jarod K Anderson} ~ @cryptonaturalist