The Creatures That Don’t Know

A poem written early in quarantine examining the insignificance of our daily changes to life as humans in regards to the planet as a whole.

Image by Jasmine Poulton

On day twenty five
I find myself feeling jealous
of all the dogs
and cats
the butterflies and birds
particularly
the hummingbirds
whose eggs have just hatched
right outside my bedroom window

I find myself in envy
of the way
they’re all
carrying on
going about
their animal days
as if nothing has changed

feeding their young
rubbing fir
socially converging
without thinking