Today

Today,

the world waited,

perhaps watching us

so small here, sharing

this planet earth, and she

wondered, a voice heard

on the wind, what was

to become of us,

bent on destruction,

unable to sustain

our own selves here

in the midst of plenty,

taking and not giving back,

keeping to ourselves, repaying

nothing, our awareness come too late.

Nature always finds a way,

but, she ponders, in our waste

and want and unwillingness to care,

           unwillingness to act, will we?