Jennifer Jowett of Michigan hosts today’s Open Write at http://www.ethicalela.com and offers us a compelling prompt about the future of our world today. Her prompt is one we dance along the periphery of in so many of our countryside drive discussions, wondering about the future of our county, heartsick over each new development, each new killing of droves of trees that were once home to birds, deer, foxes, squirrels, bees, chipmunks, raccoons, opossums…..it breaks my heart for the wildlife and for the future of our grandchildren.
Fairy Firefly Future
I ride these ribbony roads
rolling hills of rural Georgia
where roosters herald
morning
proclaiming
LIKE BREAKING NEWS
the miracle
of sunrise
meander these mid-day meadows
and forests, treetop-tiered trills
of triumphant birdsong
tapping my fingers on the wheel to the
backbeat bleat of sheep
throaty goaty notes
descant of donkeys
breathe the melodies of
fresh-mown fields and
hallelujah wildflowers
in their symphonious seasons
pay homage to these sunset hillsides
alive with life’s simple abundance
harmonizing frogs and crickets
……my mind drifts,
~I turn a corner: houses under construction! ~
wondering…..what will become of this place?
will my great grandchildren
ever see green fairy fireflies
twinkling tiny stars
dipping beneath the
deep ocean of sky?
Common Threads 