There Is Nature

There is nature,
pliable and true,
with million-year history,
and there are
hard-edged machines,
with no history at all.
Which world
will we choose
to live in?

ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎬᏩᎣ,
ᎠᎯᏛᎤᏬᎯᏳᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏙᎯᏳ,
ᎢᏳᏆᏗᏅᏓ-ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎧᏃᎮᏍᎩ ᎬᏙᏗ,
ᎠᎴ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏍᏓᏯ-ᎠᏍᏛᎢᏔ ᎪᏢᏅᏙᏗᏗ,
ᎠᎧᎵᏬᎯ ᎧᏃᎮᏍᎩ ᏄᏠᏯᏍᏛᎾ.
ᎦᏙ-ᎤᏍᏗ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎭᏫᎾ
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᏑᏰᏍᏙᏎ ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎢ?

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.