The Farthest Journey

The word "escape" suddenly came to mind when reading the Poets and Storytellers United prompt: What would you say to bear witness to these times?

The urgent needs of the planet are overlooked at our peril due to squabbling and wars. So as a few try to resolve issues, plans to flee from what we wrought hover in infancy.

Crescent Beach Pier
To humankind, the galaxy, out of curiosity and necessity, is a mystery to unravel, explore and master. I'd like to think we will go on in some unknowable fashion in the far distant future and exist as peace-loving specks of light in a cosmic sea. Until then, we could transcend our differences with global clarity of purpose. "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools," said Martin Luther King Jr., perhaps knowing that the farthest journey is sometimes from one heart to the other.

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HOLD ONTO THE LIGHT

Comments

  1. Timely and thought provoking. The MLK quote resonates.

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  2. Maria - the state of our planet is truly distressing. I do what I can with climate advocacy, and hope that it will be enough to preserve the planet for our children and grandchildren!

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  3. Beautiful photos and a poignant poem Love the last lines. Also love the quote of Martin Luther King

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  4. Hello, Maria
    It is sad to think of the birds falling out of the sky, but it has really happened. I want to live as a peace loving speck. Great MLK quote. Take care, have a great day and happy weekend!

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  5. Beautiful post, wonderful poem. I love the MLK quote, how apt!!

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  6. As surrealistic as your poem might seem .... the threat is real. I enjoyed it.

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  7. Sad to think what may be. I hope we've sense enough to do better.

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  8. WE should all take responsibility. That's all I'm gonna say :)

    Worth a Thousand Words

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  9. Beautiful poem, and your pictures are very special !

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  10. There is no question that the time for humans on earth is rapidly coming to its conclusion. I was contemplating only this morning that it's about forty years or so since the concept of sustainable development was promoted as the way forward, and we have done nothing sustainable since. It is sobering to realize that Canada has failed to meet every single goal it has set in regard to greenhouse gas emissions, and we just approved another oil drilling project off Newfoundland. We are doomed!

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  11. I wonder how many times global society has been torn down by humans and started again after mother nature cleansed the environment anew. I hope we got better each time better about caring for the Earth and humankind.

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  12. I love the glimmer of hope in your lovely poem, and in fact everything about this post. Meanwhile, some of us are attempting to be 'peace-loving specks of light' already. Perhaps in combination we'll make a lamp.

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  13. Such beauty and hope in this post. Thank you. Regine
    www.rsrue.blogspot.com

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  14. Your poem sounds sadly, helplessly beautiful in this chaotic, absurd world. Many “peace-loving specks of light” here and there, but so far not powerful enough to make a change. “Nature doesn’t need people; people need nature.” from the video I saw today resonates in me.

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  15. If the world is to be saved, it is the poets who will save the world

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  16. ""We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools," said Martin Luther King Jr., perhaps knowing that the farthest journey is sometimes from one heart to the other.

    Wonderful poem. We must make that journey shorter.

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