Wake-up Call


Snow in our Limousin February is the expected winter norm.
This week’s twenty-four degrees C is alarmingly warm.
Southerly warm desert winds the TV weatherman terms, "fine".
When really for all of us it’s an ominous sign.

Nature awakens prematurely, swings out of balance.
Seasons have shifted, too late for our nonchalance.
If spring is this early how oppressive will the coming summer be?
Devastating drought, scant harvest; even forest fires maybe.

Of all the flora and fauna with season timing wrong,
It’s the human race that must sing the guilt ridden song,
We have really screwed up this planet that we self-appointingly steward,
Our short-sighted greed has reaped this apocalyptic reward

— Philip Wood