When a million stars
take leave
from night duty
and arrange themselves
on Earth's
blackened boughs
then you know
that tree cries
are heard all across
this universe
we perceive as barren.
But tomorrow,
when we stand
dressed in smoke,
completely lost
in its ebb and rolling,
our asphyxiated wails
will vanish
quick as bio-luminescence -
particles released and dimmed
in the gutsy
heaving of oceans.
Written for Earthweal's "A Timbered Choir" challenge
“Dressed in smoke” —right! But too busy to notice when we’re bent over our phones. Looking up only to check for cell service on our devices. Perhaps if we thought more about our CO2 footprints. Perhaps if someone told us trees produced the wi-fi we need to be concerned more about right now. Perhaps… perha… per…
Sorry I got so long winded.
I hear the crying. And to Gaia’s cry I add mine. May we do better before the smoke devours us. Let’s do it for our children.
Thanks for doing this to me today. You’re tops. I wish you miracles.
Try this on for size: you are not alone. This is not a one-person-job. We do what we can— each of us. Because every effort has one more person doing the same.
Ya dig?!
So keep making others aware like in this poem. You’re already helping to right things. Amazing is what you are.
You are not alone. 👏 👏
Out of the Cave 
L9vely. Very lyrical.
That scene in the photo is familiar.
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I have learned that those trees are wych elms. Their spring foliage (flowers? Pale green) catches the light beautifully).
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I didn’t know their name but i have some growing nearby and they always look so beautiful in the sunlight.
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“Gusty heaving of ocean” is a very good description.
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Thank you!
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“dressed in smoke” what a fantastic line. Truly we are dressed in smoke, from CO2.
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Thank you! Yes. We are kind of arsonists. Vandals of our planet.
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“Dressed in smoke” —right! But too busy to notice when we’re bent over our phones. Looking up only to check for cell service on our devices. Perhaps if we thought more about our CO2 footprints. Perhaps if someone told us trees produced the wi-fi we need to be concerned more about right now. Perhaps… perha… per…
Sorry I got so long winded.
I hear the crying. And to Gaia’s cry I add mine. May we do better before the smoke devours us. Let’s do it for our children.
Thanks for doing this to me today. You’re tops. I wish you miracles.
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Thank YOU! 🙂. It’s an upsidedown world we humans are living in. I wish I felt more powerful in pulling it right side up.
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Try this on for size: you are not alone. This is not a one-person-job. We do what we can— each of us. Because every effort has one more person doing the same.
Ya dig?!
So keep making others aware like in this poem. You’re already helping to right things. Amazing is what you are.
You are not alone. 👏 👏
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❤️❤️
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