CHOLLA'S ADVISE

CHOLLA'S ADVISE

 

As I was walking down the hill,
            A Cholla* spine stabbed my heel.         
In protest, I screamed and in response, it said to me;
            You are mobile, I am not.  Go around for I am still.
                                                                        Reza Ghadimi - November 1996
 
Rising seas, hurricanes, tornadoes, drought, floods and fires.  Epidemics, wars, refugees, homelessness and famine. 
Nature and history are screaming alarms, is anyone listening?
 

* Cholla (or Choya) A type of cactus with needle sharp spines.