We Are Not Solitary Waves

"We are not solitary waves"

by the wonderfully Wyrd Sisters,

my fave group

I tried to insert the music track of the song here but cant do it. If you would like to feel completely uplifted and happy and hopeful, click on the orange link below, which will hopefully take you to the song "Solitary Wave". Probably my favourite song in the world. I was lucky enough to watch these women perform in a house concert at Sproat Lake some years ago. Bliss! I have all of their albums.

link

Mother Ocean,

you are ill, vomiting plastic

and dead seabirds 

full of our waste,

our endless waste,

our disgusting excess,

our willful and wanton 

and unconscionable waste.

Soon, they say

there will be more plastic

than fish in the sea.

There is already

more plastic than plankton,

food as necessary to sea dwellers

as air to we on land.

Every living thing,

including us,

is now ingesting plastic,

arguably our most

woeful invention.

The thing is,

"we are not solitary waves*".

Together, 

we are struggling.

Together,

we may rise.

Upon exulting waves

of transformation,

we can turn this ship around,

clean the ocean,

clean the air.

Loving people

everywhere,

take heart

for we are never

solitary waves.

sharing at Poets United for Susan's timely Midweek Motif prompt: Oceans

* a line from the song "Solitary Waves" by the Wyrd Sisters

The Ocean Conference is happening right now, from June 5th to 9th. That our life and the ocean's are interconnected and interdependent is self-evident. Only the multinationals and money worshippers dont care. The conference lists ways we must address the strangling death of our oceans: 

• reduce use of plastics, microplastics and single-use plastics
• protect and restore coastal and blue carbon ecosystems
• adopt sustainable fishing practices, restore fishstocks and eliminate subsidies and over-fishing
• address rising sea temperatures

Remember that we are not solitary waves. We are interconnected. Together we can remain apathetic and die. Together we can rise as a global population and become an ocean of force to address climate change. We can't afford to wait for the "leaders" to get it together. We must do what we can, where we are. 

source: The Ocean Conference 2017