Collapse (1)

Glaciers creep with the passage of time,
Moving at a glacial pace,
Cutting through mountains sublime,
Until the winds of change halt their climb.

As the climate warms and creates new paradigms,
We now find that things are not fine.

Glaciers melt and collapse and leave towns confined,
Storms and floods leave nothing behind,
And fires rage with insatiable malign.

Collapse will require us all to realign,
And force society to change and redefine,
So that glaciers might move slowly again in our lifetime.

Collapse (2)

Climate collapse brings everything down with it,
Dismantling and destabilizing ecology and economy alike.

Lives lost.
Livelihoods buried.
People and planet suffer.

Surely we will act before it’s too late?

Eventually, the climate crisis will change us all when everything around us collapses.

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Note About the Poem

I wrote these poems in a notebook last May, which I’d forgotten about until recently, when I went through it and rediscovered them. So, as a late Earth Day homage, I wrote them out to share.

Their sentiment feels more real than ever, as the weight of collapse crushes us more fervently now.

Hopefully, in response to that collapse, the pieces we pick up again will be used to create a better, more just world. And that we might see the glaciers grow once more.

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