Air

To avoid going adrift

A sailing craft casts anchor

As air…

I’m feeling that way now

Seeking a way to stay afloat

To not drift into toxic history

For you, my human partner

For you, Mother Nature

We have been co-dependent

Since our planet was born

Yet…

Time has eroded our relationship

And while Mother Nature attempts to ride out the storm

And hold fast

Hominid hubris continues to profligate life

To fill my existence with toxins

Be the burning of fossil fuels

Or the torching of the Amazon

While politicizing climate change

Seriously endangers my fragile temperament

And now…

You seem bent on allowing a virus

To infiltrate my domain

Cling to me

Your lifeline

While you ignore simple prevention measures

Of distancing and masking

To mitigate the enemy

To stifle its proliferation

So dear humans…

Be aware

I may not have long to provide you

With health and life

Is obsolescence what your species have come to?