Before we make peace

Flick a match into the forest

and fill this night with smoke

pushing worms from their Einstein Rosen bridges

hasten the machines that emit sludge

and clog the jet streams

continuing the scaled cracking of void river beds

streaking toward the ocean bottom

she screams loudly

and aches candidly

 a door slams 

concluding a long relationship

mother

So many nights darkened

staring at a phones numbers

one nudge away from calling

clumsily the universe claims her

before I found the courage

standing graveside 

we never made peace.

Here we are as humanity. 

Looking deep into night plumes of toxic light

fingers trembling on the dial tone

Knowing that a sincere apology will mean a contract

Our voices inflection echo the soft strength in our hearts

To tear down the smoke stacks piercing our sky

and hope earth doesn't die

before we make peace.