Phytoplankton

Cherry

By onemorething

Sat, 30 May 2020
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Imagine you are part of a drift,

powerless to give direction,

pushed and pulled, as you are,

by greater forces.

Imagine you are a seafoam star,

a green galaxy in miniature,

the fundament of a broken chain,

unlinked.

Imagine the sunlight, how it roams you,

how it thickens your hope

even in the brutishness and

unpredictability of life.

Imagine you are in the belly of a krill

in the belly of a whale, and yet

more than equal to them,

that you are as vital

as every other breath.

 

I happened to catch the end of a programme on BBC 2 this morning and heard a scientist say that phytoplankton were responsible for 50% of the world's oxygen and like every second breath and it made me very thoughtful about small things. 

Image from pixabay here. Added image on twitter from wikimedia commons:

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phytopla.jpg

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Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Interesting meditation Rachel.

Sometimes we can feel like we're drifting without control. We as humans are so small when you think of the big picture. I like how you describe us as being an important contributor to life and as you say: as vital as every other breath.

Nice one. 

Jenny.

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Thanks Jenny. Yes, you have neatly summed up the my lines of thinking! Thanks for reading it. Rachel :) 

 

Submitted by littleditty on

Super meditation - OMmm 

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Ommmmmmmm...indeed. Glad you joined my little meditation.

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Thanks for the cherries. :)

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Lovely, onemorething. And what a lovely chain of events and thoughts to your idea, which itself sits in a vast ocean over which we haven't the slightest influence. Or have we?

Parson Thru

Submitted by onemorething on

Thanks Parson. I sincerely hope we do. Thanks for reading, happy you liked it. Rachel :)