Why and Because

Why do I love animals?

Why do I love animals?
Because I am one of them.
Because I am the indecipherable figure of the grass,
the panic of the deer running away,
I am your great ocean
and I am the smallest of insects.
And I know all your creatures:
they are perfect
in this love that runs on the earth
to arrive to you.


A greylag and its young gosling waddling around in the rain at Slimbridge wetlands, in Gloucestershire, South West England, UK. Photo: Ben Birchall/PA.