Today Friday 20 September, Global Climate Action Day. I choose to share this poem, scheduled yesterday, as today I am in Bristol marching with our young people to protest the inaction of our government and global governments on the climate crisis.
Things We Cannot Keep
The softness of the lemon in a primrose
the nodding of the bluebell from a bee
the silence in the gaps of the bird’s song
the library of the creatures in a tree
the plumping of a plum in the sunshine
the crazy path an ant left in the grass
the warmth of a hug and its safety
the moment when the sky darks for the stars
the blink of a bat through the dusk light
the leaves shown in moon breath from above
the heart of iced water in the arctic
the diverse beauty of the planet that we love
© Liz Brownlee
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