Here we are watching everything unravel,

all the wonders of life now fade before our eyes.

Natures certainties now frail and sick and weary,

all her unities now falter fail and die

Grasping hands rend the web of things connected

our feeding frenzy and our thirst for more and more

The deserts we produce host the tombs of our grandchildren

who will reap the bounty of the warnings we ignored.

Implosion and erosion

Contortion and corrosion.

Debate and disavow and justify inaction

as the storm gathers above our busy heads.

Pretend the clouds are not looming on the horizon

shut out the visions and the fleeting face of dread.