We thought the environment was frozen in time. It is now a slow
emergency. Nature measures time in epochs, eras, eons;
it is not based on a human construct of days or years. Humans
trespass without notice on nature’s time scale but have
altered deep time. Our trespassing renders a lasting impact,
stripping mother earth, leaving her vulnerable and weak.
We were complacent thinking we had the answers and believing
that tomorrow is always promised. Did we even really try?
The eternal seconds of our nascent attempts to address
climate change may be too late. The regrets will be carried
by the future generations comparing what we
could have done with what actually occurred.
Time is eternal and everything is gradually covered by the earth. |