Every morning I am alive
While the world burns around me
When will the agony come
To take my feet before my tongue
As the leopards, the moths, the children of birds
Are all devoured by flame
We feast on screaming ashes
We bathe in the horror of millions
I still take 3 cups of tea daily
And wish my face were younger
But brother, my heart is in despair
For I feel it NOW
I hear- the roar
I see- blood in the eyes
I smell- death
No bones remain to read
These are not dinosaur days
Where we imagine ourselves standing
This is the day for the fire
It will claim the whole damned earth
Fire has no concern for the innocent
Its spirit does not weep
Not even as an evil man weeps
Fire does not repent nor forgive
Fire does not remember-
To change is all the fire knows
And it will show us too late what destruction is
I know I will rip my skin
When it comes for me, at last
I will cry out "when I was a child I warned you"
1 final time, before my tears dry.
