A DAUGHTER’S TEARS
over images of
polar bears swimming
in the open ocean
hundreds of miles
from the nearest
ice lifetimes
beyond the
radius of
their endurance.
What does a father
say when his
daughter says
she doesn’t know
how people will
want to choose
to bring children
into this world?
Into a world
without polar bears.
After the tears
and the hugging
we talked.
She wondered if
polar bears could
survive at the
south pole.
I immediately
thought of the
ecological havoc
that would be
wreaked by
translocating
such a major
predator.
Then again
I’m thinking
now that the
disappearance
of such a major
predator
would wreak
havoc just
as surely.
Pick your havoc
perhaps it is
simply as simple
as that.
School children
have been locating
polar bears at
the south pole
ever since white
crayons were
invented.
The human mind
will spin its wheels
and strip its gears
arguing about this
until it is too late
never coming to
consensus.
Mean while. . .
The human heart
should just do it.
:: categories: action, choices
:: tags: act, choice, choose, deepest fears, environment, family, mass extinction, sanctity of life, wildlife
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