Is the world coming to an end? Is there not any cause for which to live? The world may not be ending. There may be cause to live. Remember: a sunset is beautiful The ice will melt / and so the sea will rise The bats will flock / into the marketplace The web will fill / with stolen words and lies The sky will flood / and lights will block out space The forests burn / and orange turns the skies The deserts spread / so too they will displace The sun will burn / the watershed soon dries The greedy men / divide us all by race Remember: Orange too / is the setting sun The seagulls flock and sing / Lilac, yellow, pink and fiddler crabs can dance / Sand bars on and on Oh, hope, my fragile fuel / sometimes I think you're done How sea falls through my hands / we balance on the brink Cliche: that dark dim nights / always precede dawn The moon will wane— on a new moon, how bright the stars The tide recedes— in tide pools, what vibrant critters thrive The moon will wax— on a full moon, how clearly all is seen The tides will rise— at high tide, how gorgeous the ocean So, the world is ending— but remember: golden hour makes everything beautiful So, the world is ending— but remember: a sunset is beautiful So, the world is ending— but remember: at dusk, the fireflies are beautiful So, the world is ending— but remember: a bonfire, burning in the night So, the world is ending— but remember: the perseids, streaking across the stars So, the world is ending— but remember: at dusk, quiet, and then the birds begin to sing So, the world is ending— but remember: sunrise and sunset share the same colors So, the world is ending— but remember: Morning, in Alaska, still looks quite dark So, the world is ending— but remember: Morning, still, is morning, on a cloudy day So, the world is ending— but remember: How sweet, a pancake, blueberry syrup When a loved one is in hospice / do you not still show them love? Can you still love the world / knowing you will someday leave her? We love elders while we have them. We love ex-lovers we have left. If the world is ending, there still is cause to live. If there is cause to live, may we still be kind? If there is cause to live, may we still have hope? Still, I see kind people. Still, I see us hope. If there is cause to live, the world still may not end.
