mutual relationships arise
understanding emerges
on the basis of the bond

this decency, this respect
toward the nonhuman being
is the basis

a concern has been difference
and life is negotiating shifts
from disinterest to focus

it is both shared
and a result of being
without overdetermining

this respect
is always already the principle
why let the other cry for it?

they are in pursuit of realization
and you step in with murder?

what causes a subject's death
is not process with a purpose

what is interesting is the shift
the organism consistently must be moss
bare apes may step on

soften the forest carefully, my friend
you moss do not speak
but have reached kinship and beauty

your process of affirming life needs my listening