they say the tilt of the world
is shifting in such a way
that by 2089 we may not…
……
I think about my parents
in their final years
what is it like to not think about such things
as the weather in a decade
or the condition of the rainforests
or the tilt of the earth toward the sun
what is it like to take off the burden of this world
living inside the last touch of one’s skin to the soil of a dewing morning pasture
eyes cast upon the lick of sunlight across the sunset sky
or the familiar intonation of one’s child’s voice full grown
but always gently nestled in arm