Accosting Mother Earth

Ecology and Environmental Justice are always on my mind. I ran across this article today. The damage is overwhelming; it fatigues the heart.

38 million pieces of plastic waste found on uninhabited South Pacific island

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/15/38-million-pieces-of-plastic-waste-found-on-uninhabited-south-pacific-island

“Have we forgotten our future?
Earth Mother, life giver, we can’t live without her
So foolish, men who say they don’t care
They’ll be gone anyway
Think of our little ones,
for whom the world has just begun…”