November 27, 2010
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A Natural Worship
They are simply there to be revered
Creatures of air of water and of earth
Osprey seal racoon - Each is affirmed
As surrogates for personal rebirth
He was a paradise child - Astonished wonder once
Bargained down through generations of neglect
To a not-too-much-time-left ambivalence
A ravaged heritage now left unchecked
An innocence defeated by intolerant rush
To ruinous subjective senseless gain
As manifested by a plastic beach and other trash
Scattered by wind and tide on miniature plain
Pure glaciers once crept from sunless north
Marbling ledges to childrens' "Golden Stairs"
Now orange mud spills onto granite lith
To mark the end of ancient march from arctic spheres
With each inevitable rounding of earth's star
An ephemeron of poisoned dust obscures its light
To slowly stain once-lustrous air
Into a gangrenous and suffocating blight
And yet despite slow desolation of their ken
The natural children sing a measured truth
Sleek seal - swift osprey - bright clever coon
Unhurried melodies that sound a steadfast faith
Comments (3)
Nature finds a way to endure . . . but looks more and more haggard with each passing generation . . . the poem is lovely.
You may be describing the global climate change and how naturekeeps struggling on despite it's loss in numbers and species each year. "ravaged heritage left unchecked".
We all play a part and resilience is manifest in many things - earth, sea, air, and the human heart... I pray we do not put them all to the ultimate test.
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