Challenge
Select an animal noise and defend its importance to humanity. Form is irrelevant.
Metamorphosis
I could defend the importance of
A mouse's squeak
A dog's bark
A duck's quack
A lion's growl
Purr
Hiss
Meow.
But is that really what they say?
Or is it our translation?
Our metamorphosis
Our transformation into words
Of what we call the sounds of nature
Of what we name, label, categorize
To make sense of our place and that of others.
To be human
To be humane
Is to share this earth.
Through the power of language
It is up to us
To defend our importance
To excuse our actions
To articulate our evolution
To ask for forgiveness.
But if I had to choose,
I would say the most important noise is the sound of a butterfly's wings as it flits away.
The sound of air
Mimicking each breath
Each heartbeat
Each peaceful moment of existence, light and free.
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