Climate Change

I bought a sunflower today

it’s sitting on my patio table

in the dark and the cold

I kind of feel that way sometimes

sitting out in the cold and the dark 

but it’s my own cold and my own dark

I am responsible for keeping warm and turning the lights on

but if I can’t keep warm, if I forget, 

let icicles drip from my nose

bump into walls because it’s too dark

my feet turn into blocks of ice,

stub my toes when I walk past a chair

goose bumps sprout up and down my arms

and I knock tissues to the floor searching for them

I’d better pay attention

~ brighten up my perspective

go find my sweater, put on my socks

walk my hands along the wall to the light switch,

to step out 

     in the warm, warm sunshine

          to find the hugs that share warmth and light

“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.”

~ Lucy Larcom, author 

(March 05,1824 - April 17,1893)