Mountain Dreamer's Lament

Echoed in the forest breathing,
around me haunts of subtle song,
crying, rising, speaking, calling
tones meant for my loved ones, gone.
Gentle dance on rocky perch,
clouds stand still and listen close,
my heart and soul seeks from the earth,
to those alone. Great spirits rose
to carry forth my sad lamenting,
bathe my weakened spirit, thus
transcend my calling, praying, dancing
in smoke to heaven’s witness – trust.

South to youth and past I cry
of family love and caring spent,
where guidance, kindness, truth
in values forged the man I am, and rent
my sorrowed burden open,
basked in sun and memory kept,
my brothers, mother, father, gone now,
in stillness gentle tears be wept…

West to youth I cry, of lost meaning
what thought I real and right,
such distance I bestowed upon them,
my childhood dreams I used, to fight
what seemed encroached upon,
I dealt the blows with silent distance,
yet they stood fast in family love
and reached to me with strong insistence…

North I pray for words today,
when finally I understand the truth
of families’ love for one rebel son,
my aching, broken heart holds proof –
yet some too late, and others nearly lost
my chance to stand closer to,
yet songs and memories’ picture holds
the kindest moments I’ve spent – it’s true…

East to hopeful dreams I stretch
my voice to heights of timbre strong,
pray forgiveness bestows a blessing,
that for their values I’ll live so long
to share the kindest souls of these,
through what I write and speak, to please
and grow the souls of those I touch
to rise above such weakness, thus
draw a living torch…

There find the mark of what they’ve granted
to my living values given.
Thus leave behind love’s legacy strong,
above the pain of living – risen!

J. Blue

The Observer 

View on the Eivnironment

The view from my Blue Bird perch is a little unsettling these days…

Given the various articles of news over the past few days (Drilling Plan OK'd for Rare Desert Land; and Global Warming Approaching Point of No Return; and US energy secretary nominee Sam Bodman Vows to Expand Alaska Oil Drilling), I find it difficult to believe some of my colleagues’ assertions that the Bush administration is environmental friendly. It seems that every day something new rears it’s head to indicate, and subsequently prove that the United States (that’s US) is truly out for big business interests and nothing more.

Further, the 2005 index of environmental sustainability, which ranks nations on their success at such tasks as maintaining or improving air and water quality, maximizing biodiversity and cooperating with other countries on environmental problems, has honestly ranked US 45th of the 146 countries studied.

Additionally, during a recent conference assessing the linkage of climate change to natural disasters, the US delegation moved to purge a U.N. action plan of its references to climate change as a potential cause of future natural calamities, in its "framework for action" document. The Bush administration has held fast to its rejection of mandatory curbs on greenhouse gases that are blamed for global warming. Further, the document’s preamble paints a picture of economic calamity by stating that climate change is one factor pointing toward "a future where disasters could increasingly threaten the world's economy, and its population."

Now – take this assertion by US, alongside the voodoo economics of the Bush administration, and move forward ten, twenty, or fifty years… My guess is that we (US) will be killing each other to survive, will not have the big corporate business infrastructure to prop up even the most meager of lifestyles, and will surely be on the road to national revolution…

What can we do?

Write you congressional representatives, write you state’s senators, talk to friends and colleagues…? Sure, why not? Maybe the time for revolution is now. All you (we) need to do is speak out. Simply lift your head from your daily grind and look around. Take a few minutes to scan the various environmental news articles that are prevalent in all of the major typewritten media. But whatever you do – DO NOT TURN AWAY! IT WILL NOT GO AWAY!

Without action, the future of our environment is at risk, and most certainly, our economy is entangled deeper than what you can perceive today, while working with your nose buried in your corporate e-mail…

Maybe start your education with research into a few of the following links…
www.grist.org
www.edf.org
www.enn.com
www.envirolink.org
www.scorecard.org
www.ucsusa.org

I find myself amazed that our American society (US) can be so easily led down the pathway of fear concerning terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction, and yet be completely NUMB to the truly impending terror of environmental degradation…

I have vowed my very existence, however short or long that it may be, to help bring environmental awareness, and hopefully constructive activism to the forefront. This planet is ours to tend. We are blessed to have been given such a beautiful and bountiful element for our sustenance (Earth), and it is now time to take full responsibility for our mis-handling…

Please join me! Please do not turn-away!

In the wake of what's real...

Drafting behind this world's drive for unreal reality... see the truth! Recognize that what is truly the balance of life seems to have been lost. Speak your mind, yet seek the truth - in your values, in your decisions, and in every action you take in every moment of each day. Life is short, and so may be humanity's time. Stay tuned for more to come.