(in response to Prompt #4)

In the sea live many ghosts
Of pirates, convicts and more.
Lost sunken treasure.
The remnants of war.

In my yard are fossils
Where the sea used to be,
Billions of years ago
Before there was me.

The sea is claiming back the land
On islands, it’s a disaster.
The billion year shift of tides
Is coming. It’s coming even faster.

It’s speeding up as the globe heats up
Is that about how we live?
To slow it down do we need to change
How we live, what we take, what we give?

Give back to the sea by keeping it clean
Of plastics, oil and junk.
Keep the land cool by reusing more
Or one day the land will be sunk.

The tide is turning.

Photo by Quang Nguyen Vinh