#myphotolent2020
Christian Climate Action were looking to capture moments of their Lent Vigil which they planned to hold in front of the UK Parliament. Their commitment and devotion to their cause moved me. On the first day I decided that I would like to contribute with something so to participate in their commitment. What follows below are a few extracts of that outcome. Covid interrupted the project but not their commitment nor my journey. The full text is currently under preparation for publication.
day 01
#myphotolent2020
Eh Oh take me
by the hand,
Strong in solidarity
we stand:
Pray for climate justice,
Pray for climate justice.
taken from the service sheet
day 02
#myphotolent2020
In our quest to grow
We seem to have forgotten
Our true place amongst your creations.
Instead, we prefer destruction and chaos over harmony.
Not unlike self-centred children
Craving for attention.
Gracefully you take the full blunt of our unhappiness.
Please forgive us.
day 04
#myphotolent2020
Everything, Everywhere, is You.
Ashes to ashes,
Stardust to stardust,
We are made of the same,
Eternal dance of particles,
Staying and going.
Ground control to Major Tom,
Everywhere is Everything.
So let us live as one,
As I want to be, Am
With you everywhere.
Elementary.
day 05
#myphotolent2020
You hold us high,
Put us ahead of all other creatures,
So to look after your creation.
Despite all your care,
Destroyer of worlds we became.
So you weep.
So much,
Rivers are swelling,
homes are lost.
Forgive us.
Responsible, accountable and sustainable
We shall learn to be.
#myphotolent2020
day 09
Mr Plastic, not Bertrand
More like Poly-something.
Like an eyesore
You have invaded Nature
And just hang
Hang with no aim, no purpose
No intend to create with reverence
Just to create with neglect,
Without love, no return.
Just hanging
Pointlessly
For a millennium,
8,760,000 hours.
All that
For a single-use
Of maybe 1 hour.
How selfish of you!
Enough is enough.
Get out of here.
What makes us human?
Our genetic code
Without a doubt.
DNA
We all heard of
The Human Genome Project.
Humans have been
Decoded.
Science facts.
Stretched out
Our DNA
From trillions
And trillions of cells
We are made of
Could go twice around
Our solar system.
But now they say
More than half is not us.
We are more microbe
Than human.
Actually.
A Community
We are
We need
In us
So why not
Around us?
#myphotolent2020
day 11
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day 17
I come to you
Dressed in Amber
Autumn long passed
To present my plea.
I am so dressed and not in Green
As too many of my creatures
Are without a home,
All your doing.
I am so dressed and not in red
As it is not too late
For my burned pastures
To again go green.
There is only one home
Me, Earth.
#myphotolent2020
day 22
Monsieur V. Corona
Hello, Bonjour, Ciao, Hola
Hallo, Cześć, Hallå…
Many countries
Have greeted you
Unwillingly.
Your multi-pass shows no limits
And grants you access to all humans
From all nations or creeds.
Diseases have no borders.
Despite our need to belong
To smaller groups.
It is time to think
as Citizens of the World.
Accepting that all things
Are interconnected.
#myphotolent2020
day 30
We are getting closer
To that Day
That day we put you high
On a Cross
Nailed
Bang Bang
To Die
To Shout
“Forgive Them”.
To have your
Last Breath
Sorry Bro.
To Resurrect
To sit next
To Your True
Father
For Eternity.
You will be back
One day.
So they say.
I think Bro
You are back
Everyday
Every second
In every act
Of Love
Of Compassion
Of Creation.
We can see you
If we have our eyes wide open.
You are always here
Never left.
Forgiven me
You have.
Open my eyes
I will more so.
Create with reverence
I will more so.
Amen.