Climate Changed

We do not struggle to understand
we are reluctant to remember
​
with one eye open
and the other eye closed
we watched her being eaten
and eat too.

some of us eat through our own mouth
​
some of us eat through the mouths of our neighbours
some eat through the mouths of ancestors
.
And let us not forget what some ancestors have eaten.
.


In devouring we forgot, we too, are devoured
​
In devouring her, we forget, we devour ourselves
we are afraid to realise
that the climate has changed
​
and we have too.
.
It all happened in a forgetful sleep
.

As we continue to look away
sleep walking in a frenzy of mastication
​
​
wasps in my stomach scuttle,
fizz and hiss
they shiver up through my throat
their protest fills my eyes and ears with white noise

In devouring her,
we forget,
we devour ourselves
Dear child of the setting sun
a new world is being born
the old world's maps are falling obsolete
and their direction growing dim
gather your wits
prepare your tools
and grasp the hands of your sister
the winds have changed
and the whispers of dawn
call for new map makers
