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I Watched The Sun Drown Today
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In The Long Shadow of Loss i watched the sun drown today
not like a gorgeous sunset
nor like rising tides
in the book of climate apocolypse
not like a storm on the horizon
quickly climbing to take lights place
no, i watched the sun drown today
oh, it jumped to it's death
tired of us
but no one noticed
in the light of their cell phones
no, no one noticed
but me
or at least that's how it feels
to be
i watch the sun drown itself
tired of being used
people using it at a lamp
so they could see each other's skins
and make foolish decisions
about who the other was
and wild generalizations
about from where they came
and then look back down
i watched the sun drown today
not like a gorgeous sunset
nor like rising tides
in the book of climate apocolypse
not like a storm on the horizon
quickly climbing to take lights place
no, i watched the sun drown today
oh, it jumped to it's death
tired of us
but no one noticed
in the light of their cell phones
no, no one noticed
but me
or at least that's how it feels
to be
i watched the sun drown itself
to depressed to go on
keeping the planet warm
so we can all turn into robots
and make programmed decisions
about what to buy next
and as the wild has left us
forgetting our nature
forgetting our nature
is that we are a part of it
not something separate
or to be segragated from it
like we segregate from each other
standing on the outside
of insanity
looking at it from inside
an asylum
they locked me away
for suggesting
kids should go out and play
and it's adults that should be most leery
of strangers
no matter how famous
and well dressed and labeled
experts
well, maybe i'm crazy
but you're insane
for driving the sun and constellations
from your children's future
and showing them artificial stars
to guide their journey
as these rising stars have misguided yours
and for having only used the sunlight
to highlight our differences
then looking down again
so as not to feel sympathy
yea, i watched the sun drown today
i watched the sun drown today
well, maybe i'm crazy
but the world's insane
i watched the sun drown today
not like a gorgeous sunset
nor like rising tides
in the book of climate apocolypse
not like a storm on the horizon
quickly climbing to take lights place
no, i watched the sun drown today
oh, it jumped to it's death
tired of us
but no one noticed
in the light of their cell phones
no, no one noticed
but me
or at least that's how it feels
to be
and i lit a candle
again
how many candles
have i lit
since that ancient day
that she passed away
it feels like lifetime's
ago
but i've kept life going
in me
candle to candle
year to year
a vigil for hope
for hope to come back
to come back to life
and for the life of hope
to turn the browned and dried
landscape of man
green again
as i stand at the sun's grave
and a riding mower passes
there's a person
who's been sitting on it
sitting and riding
since before the fateful day
he's never stopped mowing
always looking down at videos
on his phone
carelessly knocking over candles
as he goes
I revisited this poem again
I revisited this poem again today, and again found it to be profoundly brilliant and poignant and with just a bit of irony thrown in for good seasoning. A real pleasure to re-read this again.
Starward
Thank you, once more : )
Thank you, once more : )
Great song or epilogue! I
Great song or epilogue! I admire your thought process. I'm a climate yeah whatever kind of person. The science in more than one area points to an in warranted hysteria. Regardless, I think this brings the point home on many levels. Well done! Ss
Don't let any one shake your dream stars from your eyes, lest your soul Come away with them! -SS
"Well, it's love, but not as we know it."
Yes, I do understand. There
Yes, I do understand. There are certainly reasons why I refer to it as the Book of Climate Apocalypse. One way or another, we're often looking and predicting the end is coming soon. We've been doing that a long time (perhaps as long as time has existed?), ideological institutions are just finding new ways to do it. All the while, maybe we are missing the point, and missing where our efforts can truly carry a long lasting meaning.
Thank you for your encouraging and kind response. I greatly appreciate it you taking the time, both to read and to write such a response. :)
This is one superb poem!
This is one superb poem! Took my breath away as I read it. Elegaic, apocalyptic, romantic---all of these strands woven into one tapestry. Wow! You should be very proud of this poem.
Starward
Thank you so much!! Sorry
Thank you so much!! Sorry that I didn't respond sooner, I was away. Still, I'm very grateful for your rich, kind and encouraging remarks, and most of all that you found value in these words I put down.
Noproblem, and thanks again
No problem, and thanks again for posting the poem.
Starward