“And I would travel with you
to the places of our shame
The hills stripped of trees, the marshes grasses s
oil-slicked, steeped in sewage;
The blackened shoreline, the chemical-poisoned water;
I would stand with you in the desolate places, the charred places,
soil where nothing will ever grow, pitted desert;
fields that burn slowly for months; roots of cholla & chaparrala
writhing with underground explosions
I would put my hand
there with yours, I would take your hand, I would walk with you
through carefully planted fields, rows of leafy vegetables drifting with radioactive dust; through the dark of uranium mines hidden in the sacred gold-red mountains;
I would listen with you in drafty hospital corridors as the miner cried out in the first language of pain; as he cried out the forgotten names of his mother I would stand next to you in the forest’s final hour, in the wind of helicopter blades, police
sirens shrieking, the delicate
tremor of light between
leaves for the last
time Oh I would touch with this love each
wounded place”
– Anita Barrows
Our next Thrive: Eco Grief and Anxiety Circle is Monday, November 21st – Meeting on Zoom from 6-7:30pm PST. Find the link in our bio or directly on our website.Questions? Contact Brittany at brittanynecmail@gmail.com
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