We must do the things we believe to be noble.
Not just talk about them or tuck them away in a journal,
never to be ventilated by action.
We must believe that we have the power to level the playing field,
to give voice and shape

Let’s not go back to normal. To a state of coasting, unconscious gliding through the day to day, not speaking about how we have collectively fallen asleep, ignoring the signals from our planet to cease and desist, forgetting that all life, not just human life, is important.

The ground beneath us
has shifted irrevocably
cracked wide open
with gaps too wide
to cinch back together …

Rest back.
Settle into the parts of you
that you cannot see,
the spine
the shoulder blades …