Climate Change

When love begins to ebb away.

Climate Change

Cracks appear,

on the surface.

Breaking

sheets of pure love

into ice floe pieces.

Chunks with jagged edges

that simply float

away on time's current.

The melting polar cap

flooding

the once verdant soil

of romantic notions,

drowning

the heart of civilization.

 

29/04/15

Reviews

[~]

Oh welcome "black". How was Malta?
What a great metaphor. You'll cause global melting again. :D

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Malta was amazing. The Malteese are wonderful and the place is steeped in history.

[~]

:D spoken like a true European :D

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ha you are jealous simply because the Americas lack true history! lol

[~]

Not even, since I was born and lived my first 27 years in Europe :D

[John Alexander McFadyen]

And you melt polar ice caps!

[~]

Anything worth melting lol :D

[andrew mitchell]

Nice to see you back on board, John of haggis galore!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Hey I am 'black' and proud of it! Malta was fab!

[sereenaoutloud]

brilliant metaphor John, so true how love can slowly melt away if not taken care of!! :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Sereena.

[andrew mitchell]

A climate change metaphor expressed with perfection in free verse John. What a pearler!!!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Many thanks for your indulgence cobber.

[andrew mitchell]

lol you aussie impersonator lol. That's our words. God save the queen! lol

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ha! She is not queen of Scotland lol

[andrew mitchell]

HAHAHA so true My mistake now I'll be eating hagis for a week Oh Dread!

[Kelly Scheppers]

You have the pen of a prophet, John! Quite a stirring read...and end!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Kelly you are kind to a fault as always!

[....................]

Love the metaphor of climate change, John. It happens so slowly sometimes we don't always recognize the signs until the temperature has changed and our once safe shorelines become submerged. Another well-written piece.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Just what I was aiming at. Thank you FT.

[Tom McRoberts]

Wow, so painfully true. What begins as just cracks do have the horrifying potential to cause catastrophe, a progression you escalate skillfully in this poem.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Tom.

[wordman]

john a great use of metaphors,you painted a picture of broken love,well done

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks WM!

[wordman]

my pleasure