Don'T Worry Everything Is Out of Our Control
Nobody gave us super powers
though we can hope to grow invisible wings,
small stubby wings
that we can use to hop from here to there.
I will say this just the once,
there is absolutely nothing anyone can do
about the climate.
The tides will come in and out
and all we can do is watch.
The world is not chaotic
it has its own regulatory systems,
it needs no help
from we small-minded creatures.
If the Earth were a ship
among a starry ocean - and it is,
we would be the rats in its hold;
not that we are not potentially Gods
but not just yet.
Knowing there is nothing we can do,
maybe we should stop thinking we can change
the natural order of things,
we should all cease trying
and grow grapes to make wine
for those rainy days and such.
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2022
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