2023

We move forward
we slip backward
we are together

in this.

Islands burn
& typhoons
sweep n' stir

the seven seas:

countries tumble
children die,
consumed

in never ending
human greed.

We watch aghast
immobile, immersed
in our small things

tethered tightly
gripping onto
our centrifuge

of peace.

We move forward
we slide backward
we are together

in this.

Men chant of
Armageddon
that bible

thumping beast;

but no one ever
guessed that it
would look

exactly
like this

Kingdoms disappear
babies die, soldiers
rape & maim

there is no species
sense to this

we are
we are
we are

whatever
you believe:
we are

humanity’s
conscience,
we are all

together
in this.