Eco-Worrier's Creed

The planet is changing, and this is a statement about how I feel.

Eco-Worrier's Creed

I believe in Mother Nature,

Governess of heaven and earth,

and in the planet, itself, born

in chaos and tamed with time

until crucified under human

hands with runaway firestorms,

furious downpours, and the hell

of summer's scorching. After

years of warnings, Gaia comes

now to judge the damage done

from fossil fuels, deforestation

and drainage of ancient aquifers.

I believe in one sustainable

world, in composting and

recycling, in the work of wind

and sun, in creating wildlife

corridors, in driving electric cars,

in skipping the burger in favor

of chicken, in sweating more

in summer and layering on clothes

in winter, in buying from local

shops and supporting farmers'

markets, in limiting plane trips,

and carting reusable bags to stores

to hack at tendrils of complicity.

                                                Amen

Marilyn Aschoff Mellor

 

Seduction

This is a repeat of a poem from a few years ago when my grandson joined ROTC in college. This weekend he is graduating from Notre Dame and heading off for flight training in San Antonio as a Lt. in the Air Force. Here's to you, Paul.

Seduction

Stripes of sunbeams pierce window mornings.

Birches rustle, stretching limbs and flicking tresses.

Loons and lily pads unfold to wisps of daylight.

Spring blushes dawn's horizon.

The hum of a small plane, the song of a siren

swells, promising the sky and more. Miles away

my grown grandson veers toward the Air Force.

Marilyn Aschoff Mellor