for Elizabeth Kolbert

Living through so many decades lost
to indecision in high places
years of denial
displacement of the
so-called climate refugees
and the suffering
the chaos that ensued
it's been my fate
to be one of the few
who still remember
the sky when it was blue
and not this pale
white overcast that we've created
with our efforts to push back
the overheating of the planet
which with all its consequences
has brought the nations
to their everloving knees
I miss the sky
I knew when I was young
it's blueness was a gift
that soothed the eyes
now that it's gone
most folks I know deny
that such a thing existed
but I know it will come back
though only after
we've run our course
have left the court to others
I wish them well
who or whatever they may be