Spiral milkweed pushes up green shoots
And dirt is blowing
And turbines are spinning
Oak flowers dream of acorns
And glaciers are melting
And panels are absorbing
Dandelions spread rampant joy
And wildfires are raging
And coal plants are shuttering
Hummingbirds return all abuzz
And extinctions are accelerating
And bald eagles are rebounding
This world within a world within the world
And all the excruciating truths
And every glimmer of hope
To be human is to bear witness.
© Mary Lee Hahn, 2022
Celebrating the good while working to alleviate the bad! The last coal plant in Colorado is on its way out! Happy May, Mary Lee
ReplyDeleteThe good and the bad, a world in the world. This form and the interweaving work well. Congrats on completing an amazing collection of poems this month.
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