Solar Passive Home I Built 1980

8 Miles From Downtown Atlanta

Heat Pump, Triple Pane Windows

Outside Air Closed Fireplace

Heavily Insulated/Outside Closets

No Painting and No Lawn

Footprint

You asked about my footprint

as I walk across this land?

Well, I try to keep my footsteps small,

and most of that is planned.

I do not have any offspring,

there's already enough of us.

My legacy will not be children,

no one over which to fuss.

If we are to cut our numbers,

to a reasonable use of land.

We need to stop honoring dynasties,

and every family have a plan.

I sought to buy some wilderness,

to live in for my very own,

with no desire to develop it,

just a quiet place to roam.

Could carry all I had in my car,

until I was 30 years old.

When I bought an old cottage,

as my simple, small abode.

But the lake below was acid,

from long abandoned coal mines.

Wondered about my West Virginia,

corporate raped even in our times.

I have lived in five divergent places,

across this great multi-cultured land.

Have sampled cultures worldwide,

found most everyone a pleasant blend.

On a parklike piece of Atlanta land,

I built a solar passive all electric home,

with an astonishing $15 a month bill,

maintenance free so I could easily roam.

I cooked my meals from fresh,

although I enjoyed restaurant food,

I never made a habit of eating out,

just simple, healthy, in a relaxing mood.

Always put aside for my future needs.

Always gave generously to good causes.

Always spent very little on myself.

Always helped others without pauses.

It's fact that I must, myself, be healthy,

that I will never be or want to be wealthy,

that I had to prepare financially for my own care,

what I cannot do myself, so help me.

But I have found that corporate greed,

wrecks havoc on our very soul.

We are so easily drawn to their products,

but do not understand their goal.

Unbridled wealth and profit destroy our nest,

those who buy the allure of abundance,

create the myth of inequality creating unrest,

everyone needs to put their footprint to test.

We must not close our eyes and ears,

to ugly and distasteful daily news.

Calling it fake and exaggerated,

will only prolong our blues.

Let's address the real problems,

with positive and cooperative action.

Let's not let the wasteful abusers,

continue their short-term profit driven traction.

Copyright 2019 © Ronald W. Hull

9/6/19

You can view and print this poem at my website here.