Our shadows fall
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In the coal fields of Pennsylvania
On the cold streets of Penrhiwceiber*
Our shadows fall in the same way.
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In the hot winds of Matahara*
In the wild fire hell of California
Peoples eyes search endlessly for rain.
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In the flooded rice fields of Dhaka
In the flood destroyed homes of Westphalia
People wonder is this the new future.
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In the ice fields of Antarctica ice sheets break away
Seas are rising, the world’s weather is astray
But we choose our way, we choose our future.
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Our shadows fall in the same way.
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©robcullen19072021.
Footnote:
Penrhiwceiber* a small former mining village in the Rhondda, South Wales.
Matahara* a a small township on the road from Addis Ababa, Ethiopa to Djibouti
