Web by John Ludi from Madison United States

from the al "rise above or fall below"

web

here we are watching everything unravel,
all the wonders of life now fade before our eyes.
nature’s certainties now frail and sick and weary,
all her unities now falter fail and die

grasping hands rend the web of things connected
our feeding frenzy and our thirst for more and more
the deserts we produce host the tombs of our grandchildren
who will reap the bounty of the warnings we ignored.

implosion and erosion
contortion and corrosion.

debate and disavow and justify inaction
as the storm gathers above our busy heads.
pretend the clouds are not looming on the horizon
shut out the visions and the fleeting face of dread.