TODAY

Today is a weird sort of day. 
Today I feel everything:
the earth overheating 
Gasping for air,
The machines digging and prying 
Sucking and blazing. 
And Guatemala's farmers’ grief
for a lost crop 
Which is lost life 
For the drained children 
And the bony dogs, 
And the hungry chicken 
With no kernels to eat.
And the dust that covers the roads
The roofs and the feet. 
Today I feel everything.
The gas burning incessantly, 
The skin drying up,
The smoke filling lungs, 
And mothers worrying: 
What world are we living?! 
What world are we leaving!? 
And sons drinking milk 
Drowned in tears.