October 13, 2017Poem
What would it take?
nature
What would it take?
When nothing is forever
Even mountains fall
The earth opens up
Beneath our feet
The sky is split asunder
Foundations shaken
With every risky venture
Even now
The seven seas are
Rarely still,
Alive with wonder
Untamed, wild with
Unpredictability
A majesty threatened
In eruption
Environmental
Corruption
Tipping points
So easily misconstrued
In pursuit of pleasure
The real treasure
Often overlooked
In the hurly burly
Helter skelter
Of a fatuous race
Can we keep pace
With the asinine,
Measure progress
Against the faintly ridiculous
Facebook famous
Instagram success
How high can we fly
How low can we go
Before we know
What it would take
To say no.