Compost Manifesto (fragment 1)

Compost doesn’t care for you. You care for it.

It’s a system: it will rot whether or not we show up.
But care is what turns rot into renewal.
Our job is to tend, to steward, to help be a part of the choir that keeps the balance. Listen to the rest of the life there.
Not for perfection, but so the pile can thrive,
and in turn offer back its bounty and beauty, along with us to keep creating life.