Awash by Stephen Kingsnorth

Pollution is a dirty word –
agreement right around the world,
though not in common meaning used
in commerce and environment.

The business, economic wealth
holds health beneath financial stealth;
their final will and testament
to future heirs, both scar and scare.

Green guardians, globe stewardship,
aware how vital water is,
campaign to stream our current thoughts
towards the filth that overflows
from sky to reign where rivers throw
their dirt throughout our oceans, seas.

Hold this for me, my family,
the tribes of earth which follow me
good grace, responsibility,
a planet of integrity.
The place we stand is holy ground –
with holy water sprinkled too.

Stephen Kingsnorth (Cambridge M.A., English & Religious Studies), retired to Wales, UK, from ministry in the Methodist Church due to Parkinson’s Disease, has had pieces curated and published by on-line poetry sites, printed journals and anthologies, including Poetry Potion. He has, like so many, been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. His blog is at https://poetrykingsnorth.wordpress.com