And Then What?

 

Georgian Bay - Watercolour Painting

I find some enjoyment playing with words, reading the news, then attempting to write something that emphasizes my take away from a news item. Unfortunately, there’s very little news that makes you come away with a smile on your face. The news in this day and age is filled with conjecture, and slanted towards the negative. Hence I find myself writing very little that could be considered cheery. The news these days is dominated by wars, seemingly never ending, when the big news, or what should be considered the big news, is our ongoing efforts to simply destroy ourselves with seemingly never ending greed a curse with which we seem to have been genetically afflicted. Today I read an article that implied that we have, humanity has but three years to halt the Earth’s rising temperature …............

And then What?

With the dominos falling

picking up speed

a warning has been issued

but few,

very few, 

take heed.

A warning has been issued

a threshold declared

1.5 Celsius, 

or misery everywhere.

Weather once predictable 

will become rare, 

as heat unbearable

no longer a phenomenon 

now suffered everywhere.

The dominos now racing,

the end nowhere in sight,

societies struggle, as others

take flight.

But where?

No shelter in sight……

Then what?

Adaptation

by but a few, and

for the others….

no one really cares.

And then what?

Obvious!

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Without giving my age I should mention that I am on the cusp of leaving planet Earth for somewhere, somewhere. Sad to leave knowing that the Earth is in such a bad state, Sad, that we've simply screwed up a possible paradise for wanton greed and stupidity. Hopefully, AI and technology come to the rescue in time to prevent total disaster. In the meantime, however, I would suggest to everyone reading this blog to sit for a moment, and develop a plan to adapt to the weather and social changes that are about to take place.

Watercolour Sketch - Chikanishing Hiking Trail, Killarney Provincial Park