The paved world
has to go.
We need to break ground
unbuild this edifice
we call civilization.
The Earth needs
breathing room or
we’ll cook in the heat
that is never fully
released
held within hard surfaces
rising at night
building clouds that
never rain down.
Nothing escapes
and the cycle replays
each day until
our thermometers
can no longer read
our meltdown.
©2015 Joanne Elliott
