This month’s blog features a contribution from a North Kohala community member, Carolyn Mondress. Carolyn has been a pillar of our community and a strong advocate for the mission of Life & Death Wellness, our nonprofit created to support people in making thoughtful decisions to inspire life, especially at its end. Carolyn has written an incredible poem about our current times, which she was willing to share.
The Sky Is Falling
The sky is falling
The sky is falling
Run, run, run
It’s what chicken little said
Once upon a time in a nursery rhyme I read
No one listened then
And who is listening now
But how can the sky fall you say
How – tell me how
Well, if I may interrupt you
Put away your Sunday funnies
Put aside your curds and whey
Turn off the damn TV
So you can hear what I have to say
The sky is falling
The sky is falling
Filled with plastic threads
Too small for you to see
But not too small to rip your lungs to shreds
The sky is falling
The sky is falling
With hot and heavy micro particles
And nowhere to escape
The heat is being trapped and can’t evaporate
The fumes of daily living
Clog the airways to your hearts and lungs
And all your vital organs cannot help but to succumb
The smog obscures your vision
You are too fat, too tired, too stressed to see what’s being done
Oh Lord protect us
And all the children of the sun
From this karmic retribution
For the damage that’s been done
So who will tell the children
There is nowhere to run
The sky is falling down
And life on earth is done
Image: Pixabay.com
