It will be 108 degrees this weekend in Seattle, hottest day in recorded history, since the late 1800’s. The Pandemic is still with us, and likely entering new phases of mutation. Still I hear voices raised in human arrogance denying that this world is in trouble. We may never destroy the earth, it’s pretty resilient. But we are on our way to wiping out human life — if we don’t wake the hell wake up!
I see you
you know well
I am a wild heart
I am a free spirit
living wild & free
in sacred balance
with my world — this earth
the earth we all share
we creatures
and you humans
you careless humans
poet
help them see
I am in danger
as are we all
in danger
this fresh pure water
you see me drinking
that replenishes me
replenishes all of us
that we all need to survive
even more that the food we eat
it is rapidly disappearing
as toxins
permeate our earth’s
fragile water systems
if we would lose
only our precious water
earth’s ecosystem will collapse
poet
help them see
the true light
the only way
is this sacred balance
help them hear
the clear voice of truth
help them know
the pure heart of justice
justice for this earth
justice for us all
help them truly want
to reach for
to grasp
to hold close
this sacred balance
for they must
look poet
help them feel
the terrible suffering
this earth is struggling
mightily to endure
help them learn how to see
with their own eyes
as I see with mine
wandering this planet daily
help them to see
that they are the cause
and they are the solution
if they will open
their eyes
their hearts
their minds
poet
you see many things
but you oft talk in riddles
you avoid the cold
and the hard way
favoring the soft path
of platitudes
and metaphors
of meter and rhyme
but this is not
this is not that time
poet
look into these eyes
my eyes
that weep
for our foolish devastation
you must become
the wild heart I am
you poet
must look into the fire
of our burning earth
feel it burn your eyes
char your soul
then
poet
tell them how that feels
help them hear me
hear my wolf’s song
as I keen and howl
for my dying world
let them hear you scream
of the injustice
of the real danger
the imminent danger
rally them
set them ablaze
with the passion to
seek and secure
the sacred balance
to hold it close
become its protector
lift your pen
poet
like a sword
and strike down
this imbalance
this human stupidity
show them the way poet
I believe
with all the wildness
of my heart
with all the strength
of my free spirit
they will join the battle
they must
but you must tell them
poet
tell them what is real
tell them in the power
that is plain language
tell them my earth
is dying
tell them our earth
truly is dying
their arrogance
is killing it
tell them now
poet
tell them true
poet
they will listen
they must listen
now
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rob kistner © 2021
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