Sunday, December 22Maximizing our Collective Impact

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By Quinn Lauden

a beam of light 
sets slowly
over a sharp rigidly beautiful mountain
but it has yet to rise again

we are stuck in the dark
in the smoke
we are searching for air
but are guided by suits 
with dollars for eyes
whose goal just is not the same

the seas, 
the fields,
the skies,
the tides,
are being taken over by ignorance
by shortsighted vision 
for the green of a paper,
for the benefit of an account,
of a status

and this beauty of the world  
that surrounds us
is lessening.
the trees are not as colorful
the grass is not as green
the oceans, not as clear.
And all the while
Creatures disappear
people starve and 
suffer
we fear of losing life

nevertheless, the world responds.
light strikes stronger
the world blows at us harder
and the tears of the earth pound aiming to kill.
trying to convey a message:
to stop,
to try.
but like a sightless man, 
we continue to walk blind
By Elson Bankoff

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