When Nature Prevails

Joel Bernasor

As the bees gradually peter out,
As the butterfly inaudibly gives up,
As the earthworm reticently wanes:
Beings refuse to notice.

As the ice thaws away
As the seas ascend and consume
As rivers and lakes parch:
My civilization declines to move.

As the downpour becomes aggressive
And seismic shifts more prevalent
As the heat wave unbearable:
Mortals protest a transformation.

As nature’s wrath unleashes
And her judgment prevails,
No wealth, no power, no authority
Not even prayers and miracles can save us
From the ultimate end of our wrongdoing.