Man's role on Earth will never be

as "owner" or as "master";

 
The sun, the breeze, the sky, the seas,

were here ----- and will be after.

Except for "parasitic" loss

through lack of moderation,

 
Those things of value Man has now

could last for generations.

IF commensal entities we would be

who care about the future,

 
What term describes how we should act

as we play our part with Nature ?

An "answer" to that question,

(or the one that WE like best),

 
IS ----- to act as though we're here on Earth

in the "role" of Nature's "guest".

Question:

Would it be "reasonable" to also suggest that