Abstract
ONE EARTH
When the birds are gone
Will we care ?
Will we sit outside
And mourn the quiet ?
Will there be
A sense of loss ?
Of missing beauty ?
Of Nature diminished ?
Or will we merely
Go inside
And turn on the TV ?
When there are
No more animals
And we own the earth
What will we do ?
When the wind
Is no longer
Soft and warm
But a raging monster
Tearing off roofs
And whipping fire,
Will we curse Nature
Or ourselves ?
And, when the oceans die
And we own
The stinking cesspool
And the earth
Is a giant landfill,
Where will we go ?
Mary de La Valette
July 2015
AND
LANGUAGE
The breeze weaves a path
Through the forest.
She bears messages.
She is soft and warm and gentle
But urgent.
The poplar rustles her leaves.
The spruce sways.
The squirrels chatter.
They understand.
There is trouble coming.
Mary de La Valette
July 2015
Recommended Citation
de la valette, Mary
(2016)
"One Earth,"
Between the Species:
Vol. 19:
Iss.
1, Article 14.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/bts/vol19/iss1/14