Watch what happens, says the moth,
batting its wings against the light,
faltering and dying.
Even the moth seems to have
an inborn instinct to self-destruct,
opening my inner eye to why we keep on
doing the same thing when we know
it is costing other beings on earth
- and even ourselves - to die.
Bombs are falling, wars are escalating,
and governments are not legislating
lower emissions, while the poles silently melt.
As if, if they keep their focus solely
As if, if they keep their focus solely
on the darkness, they can avoid
that final collision
with the light.
Love love love the last lines... so absolutely right...couldn't be said better.
ReplyDeleteSome people seem attached to this idea of "governments legislating."
ReplyDeleteThey should see some of the e-mail... Governments legislated or allowed schools and employers to coerce participation in a vaccine experiment. People died. People lost parents. People lost children. People are very, *very* angry about governments mandating *any*thing.
Why not address the undisputed facts of how individuals can address local warming? "If we as a city/town/neighborhood reduce commuting, increase green space, replace pavement with gravel, how much of that does it take to get downtown temperature back into line with rural temperature?"
Efforts at the local level are helpful. But big corporations are not going to bring their emissions into line without being forced to do so, which the governments are too afraid to do. Given the amount of emissions caused by agriculture, industry, the tar sands, the amount of traffic and air travel - which of these entities will voluntarily reduce emissions - and profits?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous --- why do you post anonymously? Is there a reason you don't want others to know who you are? Vaccines were NOT an experiment - they saved lives / continue to save them. Have you been vaccinated for tetanus? Is that an 'experiment' too?
ReplyDeleteSherry, you are right on. We really need to lower emissions to save the world. Individuals can do their own thing....but it takes cooperation from corporations around the world as well.
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