RIVERWOODS/TAMWORTH: A PLACE CAN BE A SOLACE

A PLACE FOR US

I have always looked to the hills,

As the Good Book tells us,

And I have been soothed

By dipping my paddle into the still

Waters surrounding our canoe.

I have been awed by desert places:

Zion, Mesa Verde and Arches,

And under the ocean’s surface,

From which our ancestors emerged,

I have been mesmerized by squid

And captivated by manta rays.

We humans need our habitat.

But corporations plunder our planet

While we breed like flies,

And scientists seek God in the light

Of dark matter or the atom’s

Ever more elusive heart.

(FEBRUARY 2014)