ASCENT, DESCEND (2012).

After all frailties have been stretched

and worn,

After all ecological damage is beyond

repair and recall,

After all terror has displayed its scorn,

After all the madness of territorial wars

killing fields of suffering pawns,

After all tsunamis have destroyed and torn,

After the snow caps, melted, and arctic

species, victims of change, are no more,

After all the volcano eruptions blotting

from view the sunlight each morn,

After all the seas cover 9 tenths of earth's

crusted form,

After all the wrongs that may lead to human

downfall by human brawn,

My love for you stands tallest 'til earth

descends into transformation, reborn.