the courage to care:

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I worry for our world:
shimmering blue emerald 
bursting life ephemeral
giving all her love.
 
We must forget the fast car 
for a moment --

our world 
is sick.

Our forests are filled 
with apathy’s cancer:

deep earth drilling
crude slick spilling
smoke sky filling 
pockets, too.

The scientists say:
maybe we can save it,
but maybe it’s too late.

(the show will go on
without us.)

There is such goodness
hidden in our hearts,
such darkness destroying
​our only home,

and I want to know: 

do we have 
the courage 
to care?