Sunlight filtering through trees
will always be more beautiful
than anything money can buy.
Only more trees are dying,
sun scorches,
earth’s systems collapsing
as we sacrifice everything
on the altar of endless consumption
in worship of billionaire gods
telling us to use faster what they
extract from our shared home
while they hoard the blood money.
The world is on fire and drowning
while some people drive more, fly more,
buy more, use more, take more,
get distracted by
deliberate diversions
of those who crave power.
All while the suffering of others increases
each passing year
despite not being to blame.
Yet more of us are menacing,
cloudy sky too near to the ground,
threatening to unleash.
This crisis requires collective action,
to learn to conjure courage,
even if all we feel is rage.
The Forest and the Trees 
I love this poem; it so strikingly describes our world today. Sometimes I get overwhelmed with thoughts of: Is there NO way out of this situation? It keeps getting worse! Our beautiful planet being destroyed because of greed! Wars all over the planet contribute to this too. Recently I read that there is a tick if you get infected you can no longer eat red meat. My daughter actually knows someone who has this condition. Nature is fighting back – a tick? Or fires, floods, tornadoes? I still believe in the power of prayer! If we get to a critical mass of loving thoughts winging through the atmosphere, it could change! Love you, Erna
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