Elucidating Questions

He did it so nonchalantly

Like it was second nature

Just pulled a piece off of the pine tree and then shredded it

I could immediately smell the scent of pine that I have come to see as a sign of pain

Like when you cut grass and it screams in scent

But he just took a piece of her

And then destroyed it

And went about his day

Why are humans like this?

Why do they destroy so calmly?

Why are plants not considered alive?

I can already hear so many wrong people say

It’s just a tree

So many so wrong people

If you could exist without doing harm,

Would you?

Or would you keep those little habits that create harm?

I wish there was a way

And I am the only one I know who sees everything as alive

The spirits of everything all around they never see

Do you ever see?

I can’t be the only one, simply because it’s statistically unlikely

I wish I could show them the pain they cause

Yes, it’s me, ever the malevolent one

I wish more people understood