Victory

The sky itself is broken

The earth suffocates beneath waste

The seas hide garbage and chaos

We fight each other and ourselves

Any hope seems a childish dream

And yet

Love still flourishes

Families still grow

People still laugh

Life finds a way to reach for the sun

Smiles emerge from the darkest of moods

Sprouts push out from beneath the trash

Our fight is not over until the last breath is gone

Until nothing dances beneath the sun and stars

And the last living thing grins defiantly into the void

All it takes is one spark

To turn a mountain of debris

Into a glorious bonfire

As long as we nourish an iota of courage

And face each new day with the possibility of redemption

We win

-D.M.D.M 8-30-2012