In deep poetic heaven #poetry #Earthweal

If you’re looking for me
I might just be
in deep poetic heaven
through mirror-halled mazes
of metaphors
guided by vulture or raven
I’m wandering, wondering 
sharing your hope and your pain
diving the deep seas where trawlers
have emptied the ocean
seeking out hydrothermal vents
where life may begin again
and I’m screaming ‘stop!’
and I hope we’ll wake up from this madness
deep in poetic heaven
it’s hard to tell the top
from the bottom
still I surface in time
on the pebble-shore walk
with a whim and a rhyme
to the forest to talk
with the trees and their spirits
a-whispering still
‘Believe in our power
for the cure
not to kill.’

© Experimentsinfiction 2021, All Rights Reserved

Featured image: William Blake, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Written for Earthweal

I’m in the process of reviewing submissions for The Antrhopocene Hymnal, and I’ve been blown away by the response. I just love immersing myself in this poetry, and hoping that our words can in some small way make a difference. I need to thank Brendan and Sherry at Earthweal especially, as the whole idea for the book came from this wonderful, earth-conscious forum.