<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There Used to Be<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There used to be a woods so high and thick<\/p>\n
that where I sit was high in a tree.<\/p>\n
The water and islands I see would be<\/p>\n
hidden by the Douglas Fir next to me.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Squirrels scurried around the<\/p>\n
ground and hurried up the trees<\/p>\n
for reasons unknown to me.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There was a time<\/p>\n
when time was lost.<\/p>\n
Can it be it\u2019s not what<\/p>\n
it\u2019s purported to be?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A gigantic boulder rolled<\/p>\n
here by a wave of ice<\/p>\n
twelve thousand years ago<\/p>\n
looks pretty much the same<\/p>\n
as it did a hundred years ago.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Why do I think my life<\/p>\n
is so important?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
After all, this life is just a<\/p>\n
snapshot in an old polaroid<\/p>\n
that is faded to yellow.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I\u2019m giving a lot more importance<\/p>\n
to what I do than it really deserves.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And while the bigger me thinks of<\/p>\n
changing and improving the world.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I should know who I really am.<\/p>\n
An ant in a colony of ants that is moving sand<\/p>\n
because that\u2019s what I\u2019m programmed to do.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Try as I will it\u2019s hard to understand<\/p>\n
that the grain of sand I shoulder around<\/p>\n
is just what it is and the only thing<\/p>\n
I can really change is me.<\/p>\n
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