Color Our World
(Earth Day)

Tomorrow is
Earth
Tomorrow is
A day
And it will be Earth Day

Shall we have an Earth tomorrow
Shall we have
A day
For green understanding
And gold wisdom
On our
You know
Blue world

Jazz understanding
With the waves
And sudden rushes
Both of wind
And water

The shoreline that
Behind which there is land
Before which
There is contemplation
Also the depths
That bring us danger
From both
The thrill
Of discovery
And the danger
Of encroachment

An Earth that should balance
In its orbit
Where all the planes
Should touch together
A turning point of miracle
And a starting point
For life
And as life
We hope
Should continue

By all means
Celebrate
For she is worthy
Of our partied
And our treasured
Wisdom
And emotion

And pledge perhaps
That we’ll do better
By this day
Next year

And there’s the doing
And the learning
And the doing
So that the blue and green
And gold
And the transparent air
Of what we know
Shall be preserved
Also enacted
For the present
And the future

The future comes not
On its own
All of it
In seeds
We plant today
And also leaving parts
As fallow fields
As the wilderness
Should teach us
By example

Not to say
That civilized is bad
It’s what we here for
Why we have the Earth
To begin with
And the inevitability
Of growth

But there is growth
And there is growth
What we should remember
Of the wild
And of the planned

And to keep both
And all
That is good
In blue and green and gold
And the clear parts
That keep us breathing
And inspiring
Together

C L Couch


Photo by Tim de Groot on Unsplash