blue skies
green grass
wispy clouds
the land of my ancestors
belongs to the earth
we are just the caretakers
now we have
hazy grey smog
concrete jungles
and smoke signals
we must protect
the water, soil, and air
we must protect our future
©2016 Proximanova
Quadrille prompt: This week’s dVerse prompt is to write a poem on our blogs in exactly 44 words (excluding title) where at least one of the words is cloud(s). Visit dVerse and get inspired by the other poets.
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October 12, 2016 at 8:09 pm
We are just care-takers… how much I love that.
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October 12, 2016 at 11:42 pm
We are to be care-takers… not takers-good play on words.
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October 13, 2016 at 12:37 am
Wonderful quadrille with a great message.
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October 13, 2016 at 5:08 am
A lovely quadrille. It’s so heartbreaking how the earth is treated as if it can be replaced.
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October 13, 2016 at 8:10 am
It is so true – we are just the caretakers – and your quadrille conveys such an important message. Thanks for joining in this week’s Quadrille!
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October 13, 2016 at 11:20 pm
If only we can do a better job of being caretakers of our world ~ A timely message Dawn ~
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April 24, 2017 at 12:51 pm
Title seems extreme (?) We are called to be care-takers of our world…excellent point!
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April 25, 2017 at 6:32 am
Extreme in what sense? I’m Native American. I’m pointing out that the way we view the earth, as a native community, is vastly different than the viewpoint of our colonizers… who believe it’s okay to poison the land and water to make a few extra bucks.
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April 25, 2017 at 12:23 pm
Your people do have a better respect, even reverence, for the land. As farmers, my family must face these issues of taking care of precious resources. Are we to rewrite history and/or dismantle civilization?
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April 25, 2017 at 4:06 pm
History has already been “rewritten” to exclude any Native perspectives. I would hardly classify the colonization of the Americas as “civilization”… Native communities had civilization. Maybe you mean industrialization?
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