I AM

By Jacob Rablou

I am Aghast and, Discouraged.

I wonder how long will it take for us to

see the big picture?

I hear the silence of nature, the

peacefulness in nothingness, the

purity in simplicity, and I wonder. Why is that being taken from me?

I see a forest, full of life, standing

still, dismayed at what happens each

day.

I want everything to change, to be

fixed, to function in balance.

I am Aghast and, Discouraged.

I pretend none of it happens, I

try, but in reality it is worse than

one can comprehend.

Before

After

Alberta Oil Sands

I feel afraid of the future and what it will

bring.

I touch this world, and wonder how much

worse will it get?

I cry about just how big the problem really is.

I am Aghast and, Discouraged.

I understand how it started, and

why it goes on, but not why it isn’t

being fixed.

I say it takes all of us to make a

change, the question is how long before we accept that?

I dream about a

world, where the world

itself is in tact.

I try to do my part, but

I’m only one person.

I hope, dearly, that we will figure

this out.

I am Aghast, Discouraged yet still

hopeful.

Earth is like a Mother, she

never gives up on her children.

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