When time just collapses
And refuses to offer reprieve
And the poles of the earth
Shift under the strain
Of endless unimaginable grief
When the waning moon pulls
Your heart from your chest
Then carries it with the tide
To break with the mothers
Across the sea
Rocking their babies one last time
The winds blister and howl
Carrying tragedy and smoke
From the fires that all rage ignored
And the arctic ice melts
Just to join the kids’ tears
As they flood the colonized shores
The earth screams in tornadoes
She sobs in hurricanes
She’s keening over their bones
Her fever burns hotter
With each passing night
Just so the sick don’t die alone