Dream of the Anthropocene

Dream of the Anthropocene

How do we connect

when everything is broken

when we arrive upon the scene

of the Anthropocene

as soon as our eyes open

How do we come to terms

with the terms of this engagement

when destructive legacies

and extractive industries

unite in full derangement

Do we call upon our Gods? Do you think they might be listening?

Or do we call upon each other to collaborate in witnessing

That there’s life in you and Iin the water, earth, and sky

and to stop taking without giving

to make this place we that all live in

balanced fair and clean

in a dream, in a dream of the Anthropocene

How do we step up

to this challenge of all species

with division of heart and mind

in everything we could find

our duels of dualities in pieces

How do we connect

if everything keeps breaking

under hogging, heinous manners

and self-accolading banners

a worldly paradise forsaken

Do we call upon our Gods? Do you think they might be listening?

Or do we call upon each other to collaborate in witnessing

That there’s life in you and Iin the water, earth, and sky

and to stop taking without giving

to make this place we that all live in

balanced fair and clean -

in a dream of you and I, and the water, earth, and sky

where we stop taking without giving

to make this place we that all live in

balanced fair and clean

in a dream, in a dream of the Anthropocene

How do we connect

when everything is broken

when we arrive upon the scene

of the Anthropocene

as soon as our eyes open