Every Stroke Kills
In the wake of every stroke
Lies the ruins of many lives.
In the wake of every gouge
Lies a community destroyed.
Letter by letter
The epic story is untold.
Letter by letter
The greatest story is unwritten
Until the blank pages
Tell a different tale
Of what once was and is no more.
25.6.2018
We do not value the incredible miracle of life on this planet. We may be unique in this most enormous universe. Every single form of life may be utterly unique – every single cell the most amazing miracle. The utter improbability of life means that we should cherish every single cell.
Yet we treat life with such disdain. Insects, animals and plants are destroyed without thought. Every tree houses a community. Every stream and wood provides a million homes.
We chop down the trees and gouge up the soil without thought to the communities we destroy.
We are unwriting the greatest story ever written. It is becoming less by the minute. I wish we would change and learn to cherish every bit of it.
