Ode to Our Collective Courage
Long haul work in the climate crisis In groups that struggle together Aware of our undercurrents of emotion That we feel both collectively, and individually We glance at each other and know This isn’t easy for each of our hearts Collectively, we stare at a heartless sea Individually, we each struggle with our own integral branch of our struggling tree We ask each other, “How are you doing?” While the raging storm of climate insanity Threatens to blow us off our feet We ask ourselves, “How are we doing?” All the while, deep down, our gentle hearts long for gentler things Like the joy of life, the nuance of love So paradoxically our struggle is to hold dear that precious core where struggle gives way to nurture In the storm of a heartless world We struggle to shape a world of caring Refashioning our only home Despite the raging winds of denial We need change and change fast But the recipe needs to slow cook Deep is the root of the problem And deep is the root of the solution Against a ba