We Will Spread Our Roots in the Ash— A Poem — 138 Words
Does ash
make good fertilizer?
I’m just asking because
it seems like the world
could burn down at any second.
I’m guessing
the ash might work,
while we continue
trying to spread our roots,
but what if we pollute all the water too?
The muck has been good enough
for me so far,
I’ve just been waiting for rain,
waiting for winter to pass.
If the world were to burn down,
and I were to survive,
would my roots be okay?
Will I get all my nutrients
once it all falls apart?
Has anyone been through
the world burning down recently?
I know there are many,
I guess I’ll have to pray to them.
I hope there’s someone
looking out for the world right now.
Not just for the sake of my roots,
but for everyone else’s too.
— 138 Words
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This one is about surviving destruction. We’re not quite at full societal collapse yet.
Maybe we’ve always been on the brink, I guess the Cold War was not that long ago. I just feel like there are new threats today we had never previously considered. When I get in this mood of doom, I like to remind myself of all the survivors of humanities past calamities.
Our ancestors found a way to live through pandemics, world wars, technological changes, famines, economic depressions, and even more, and I’m sure even worse. Still, some seed of humanity stuck in the mud through all these events and continued to grow.
We have to be the seed stuck in the muck.
We have to continue forward, doing the best we can. Thankfully, it is in our blood.
If you are living today, your ancestors definitely lived through some impossibly terrible things, but look at you here today. We all are faced with different circumstances during these current times, some of us start with it all and lose everything, some of us start with nothing and have to fight tooth an nail for everything we get. This is what humans do.
If we get stranded on a desert island, if we get lost at sea, if our countries go to war, we’re going to do what it takes to surivive. I hope you are surviving. I hope your roots find a place to grow, and one day you look around to find that you are finally thriving.
I don’t know how bad it will get. But I do know how bad it has previously been.
There are people who have beat the odds, continuing to have families, escape chaos, and live their lives.
Live as rich and full a life as you possibly can.
This is day 138 of 500, increasing my wordcount by one, every single day, for 500 days. I’m calling this project, One More Word.
Today was a dark one, but I often try to shine a light in the darkness. I am hoping that no matter how difficult life gets, I maintain that optimism. It has wavered before, it will be challenged again, but I’ll try.
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