“Earth’s body is not for sale
or rent. She is real
and we are her estate.
But no body is property.
Not even God owns any of it,
but delights in its being its own.
An ancient forest is always
in a dynamic state, half
of its body actively growing,
half of it actively dying –
these are the same half!
The other half is always
eating and being eaten.
Trees live for two thousand years
and then are food for as long.
This is perpetual and holy communion.
Nobody owns the sacred.
Every body is sacred.
Pray for the future:
become an animal spirited
and glorious in your Earthbody.
Offer thanks when you lie down
with the trees.”
Alla Renée Bozarth
Chorlton Unitarians 