Explain Yourself

The Sky Looks On
The waves are pounding the shore,
As the sky looks on.
They grab greedily at the cliffs,
Still the sky looks on.
Pulling, grasping, yet eroding,
And the sky looked on.
… human negligence to the natural world
A stormy sky takes no notice of the wild, eroding sea. Just like
us, living with indifference while our greedy and destructive
behaviours destroy the natural world. We read Anne’s poem
to the Estuary.
Spume surging up in anger
As the sky looks on.
Move out of the way I need your space,
Still the sky looked on.
The tide recedes, murmuring
‘I’ll be back for more’
Still yet the sky looks on.
Come sun or wind or rain,
The sky just looks on.
Anne Harrison 40