A Natural Justice
If the earth should turn on us!
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2 min readMay 24, 2021
I wrote this after the French nation carried out their nuclear tests on Mururoa Atoll in 1996 with a possible prediction of a dramatic, climactic outcome.
Still
stood the earth
poised…
her pivot palls
her life seeps
as her heart breaks
*
Anchored by a slender sliver of light
to beyond and past
she spins…
dying on her axis
her dancing days over
her points blunted.
*
Out of the depth, she cries
trembling mountains shed icy tears
that slice away her warmth
leaving her barren and distraught.
*
Rivers run yellow
with detritus and acid,
tender leaves wither on the vines
