suffering is

1. insignificant
enough without thinking
or knowing that the planet
is all one organism.

The mushroom grows
beneath the surface,
spreads its sponge and fiber
across the curve of the earth,
linking with roots of aspen groves,
linking to each other,
linking to themselves.

2. A burn on my arm
is the death of one cell, not many.

And the sea washing over me is
the sea washing over itself.

And a deep shudder of sadness is a
Drop of water from a spray of sea, evaporating.