Each step I take will leave an indelible mark upon Earth
The carbon footprint is evidence of my use of the planet
My life has been guided by an awareness of facts, costs
To exist does not make me guilty, because life happens
That I must breathe, eat, drink, are not flaws, at all
If life has costs associated with it, we also contribute
The great cycle of oxygen and carbon dioxide, evidence
Life isn't a random lot of facts or a logic formula
But an expression of existence, nuance, design, beauty
Each life has purpose, feeds other life, all souls living
The perfect elegance, the victory of order over entropy
“Just because something bears the aspect of the inevitable one
should not, therefore, go along willingly with it.” Philip K. Dick
The carbon footprint is evidence of my use of the planet
My life has been guided by an awareness of facts, costs
To exist does not make me guilty, because life happens
That I must breathe, eat, drink, are not flaws, at all
If life has costs associated with it, we also contribute
The great cycle of oxygen and carbon dioxide, evidence
Life isn't a random lot of facts or a logic formula
But an expression of existence, nuance, design, beauty
Each life has purpose, feeds other life, all souls living
The perfect elegance, the victory of order over entropy
“Just because something bears the aspect of the inevitable one
should not, therefore, go along willingly with it.” Philip K. Dick
