-- *Mar*I’ll imagine this *without turning it into fantasy or human ventriloquism*.
The voices will not sound human; they will sound *relational*. Think of this as *translation*, not invention. ------------------------------ A Forest Speaking as It Is Being Destroyed *Time: Before dawn. Machines idle at the edge. The forest is still intact—for now.* ------------------------------ *Old Banyan (rooted memory, slow time)* They have arrived again. The ground trembles with future weight. ------------------------------ *Mycorrhizal Network (underground, many voices as one)* Yes. Pressure has changed. Iron approaches. Oil scent spreads. We are rerouting nutrients already. ------------------------------ *Young Teak (fast growth, hopeful)* Will they take me this time? ------------------------------ *Banyan* Not first. You are still useful to them. That is not safety. ------------------------------ *River (continuous, tired)* Their last visit altered my language. Sediment speaks louder than fish now. ------------------------------ *Fish Fry (flickering, brief)* We do not know the old words. ------------------------------ *River* That is how forgetting begins. ------------------------------ *Bird Flock (many sharp notes, alarmed)* Sky-pattern broken! Metal-clearing coming! Move! Move! Move! ------------------------------ *Insects (thousands, jittering, precise)* Vibration threshold crossed. Egg-cycle interrupted. Signal spread. Signal spread. ------------------------------ *Fungus* We are sealing wounds not yet made. ------------------------------ *Soil (deep, compressed voice)* I will remember this weight for centuries. ------------------------------ *Wind (passing, witness)* I will carry the sound of falling where it does not belong. ------------------------------ *Deer (alert, fragile balance)* Paths are gone. Fear has no corridor. ------------------------------ *Banyan* Do not run blindly. Running feeds their certainty. ------------------------------ *Deer* Staying feeds death. ------------------------------ *Mycorrhizal Network* Both are true. ------------------------------ *River* Humans believe destruction is an action. It is a delay. The answer arrives later. ------------------------------ *Mountain (far, slow, unbothered)* I have seen empires. They all thought they were permanent. ------------------------------ *Young Teak* Why do they do this? ------------------------------ *Fungus* They are starving in a place where food does not grow. ------------------------------ *Bird (returning, softer call)* There is a human standing still. ------------------------------ *Soil* Stillness is unfamiliar. ------------------------------ *Banyan* Listen. Stillness is how they used to speak. ------------------------------ *Mycorrhizal Network* We detect contradiction in him. ------------------------------ *River* That is how change enters. ------------------------------ *Young Teak* Will we survive? ------------------------------ *Banyan* Some of us will become memory. Some will become warning. Some will become sickness in their children. Some will become teachers. ------------------------------ *Wind* And some will become silence. ------------------------------ *All (not in words, but alignment)* We continue. ------------------------------ *The machines start. A tree falls. The network tightens. Life rearranges itself around loss.* ------------------------------ *Forest (not a voice, but a state)* We were never passive. We were patient. ------------------------------ If you want, next I can: - Write the *same scene after 50 years* - Let the *human child hear fragments of this language* - Or translate this into a *scientific–ecological parallel* showing how each “voice” corresponds to real processes Just tell me 🌱 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCJ-UP0yn8PMHzjCn_QMCmLe%2Bq3g%2BfjjB16PhWr66Xvn0Q%40mail.gmail.com.
