It’s Hard to Predict the Course of Coming Destruction
Merrick, NY
2019, Senior, Poetry & Spoken Word
it’s hard to predict
the course of coming
destruction,
wide or narrow
i ponder the future path
as waters
will always find a way
my father said,
if she’s angry in her wrath,
see the ones
that had never
breached their banks
that swell up
surging water
fast within,
just a few brief minutes
before,
it comes
in such
high waters again,
all is flooded quickly
everything in sight,
then just…
g o n e
all is just
gone without a fight,
yes including,
my dear grandparents’
sweet abode
in the terrible flood
of that Niger River
and if anyone had been there
that day at their home
they likely would have died
it’s like nothing I have ever
really seen,
and today, as
the worst storm
in the history
of what we know
recorded,
is bearing down
on our lovely crying planet?
so I ask—what do you think
you can do
when the fire comes raging,
will you put it out or fan it?
i think,
to myself
i am seeing
many new animals
especially the birds,
rare ones,
insects and plants,
and some look just quite absurd
it is exciting but scary
but seriously different weather
well
i say why are you not wary?
because
if you don’t believe
in climate change
or global warming
NOW?
well God please help us all.
Reflection
Climate change is something you hear about all the time on the news. However, although I consider myself somewhat informed on the topic, I never truly realized how drastic its effects have been. While climate change and its effects cannot be fought without the help of governments, organizations, and grassroots movements, it is only when the world comes together as one and realizes that regardless of our opinions, beliefs, and prejudices, we only have one planet to share that true change can be accomplished. It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes all 195 countries to save the world. Also, by highlighting the universality of climate change, we develop a stronger connection as a globe, and a species who hope to see the continued growth and success of ourselves for generations to come. It is only by first recognizing that we need each other that we can aid in the termination of climate change.