Terminally Ill
Sustainable Lehigh Valley, 12/24/21 https://www.sustainl ... nally-ill/
Bear witness now to an evil act
Ever careful to separate lies from fact
See this mom of many children
Shaking and heaving
Knowing that soon this form
She may be leaving
Body pushed past the limit
Glassy eyes begging of you
Enough is enough
But why not see it through
A kick to the ribs
A knife to the gut
Even those who feel bad
Can’t help but make a cut
They beat her face into a pulp
Then smother it with a pillow
Until a hand sways at her side
Gentle as weeping willows
Crying, those with tainted blood
Decry the tragedy born here
Showing up to her funeral
Bearing the cross of complicit tears
As weeks become months
And months become years
This premonition for Mother Gaia
Draws ever more near