GAIA'S VOICE: Some ecological reflections

	As acres of forests end up in smoke
	and factories poison our air
	my heart turns ashen and chokes.        
	"Of this I am certain - " Gaia spoke,
	"you must learn to care."

	As rivers become latrines
	and deserts replace former green
	toxic ennui takes hold of me
	reeking with pools of acrimony.

	"No need for that," Gaia chastised,
	"each species is a mere flicker in time."

	As forests gradually disappear
	& governments promote
	disinformation & fear
	umbrage rips my spleen.

	"That’s not helpful," Gaia rebuked,
	"Though part of the problem, 
	you are part of the solution too.
	Examine what you detest 
	& discover whether some of it 
	takes place at your behest.

	Observe where your time, 
	energy, and money goes.
	Notice the investments :
	How does your consciousness flow?"


Elijah:  (shaking his head) I disagree with this poem. I can't see how I'm personally 
         responsible for egomaniacs such as Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, or Tayyip Erdoğan.

Jules:   (smiling) Don't most people have a little Napoleon within them yearning to 
         conquer the world?

Andrei:  I can hardly "conquer" my own foolish passions. Why should I attempt to control 
         the world?

Ellesha: (shrugging her shoulders) Well, many of the Hitlers and Napoleons and 
         Trumpty-Dumpties that we detest also exist within our own breast.

Philyra: (laughing) Are you trying to be a poet or something ridiculous?


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from _Let the waters be my witness: Messages about our watery world_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  A poem about biocoenosis, species extinctions, and how investments impact outcomes.
KEYWORDS: deep ecology, thanatocoenoses, Gaia hypothesis, systems ecology, anima mundi

Begun: 2011 in Tokyo, Japan  / Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted
by T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ]

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NIHONGO: http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/gaianokoe.htm
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