The Children of Sirius
Our world is warming,
Weeping glaciers,
Into burning seas.
Witnesses to our Genesis:
Our brethren whales, flee,
Charting colder waters.
Our origins of creation in whale-songs,
Beginning with volcanoes,
We shall be Navigators again.
Our golden myths and legends,
Sink in rising warning tides,
Under the light of Sirius.
© James Schwartz
James is a poet, slam performer, writer and author of four poetry collections including "The Literary Party: Growing Up Gay and Amish in America" and most recently "Punatic" (Writing Knights Press).