July 4th Today
Let's be respectful of our environment.
July 4th today,
there will be fireworks.
But I am sad for the swallow birds
who live under the eaves,
of neighborhood houses.
They have come all the way
from South America,
flying over the vast Pacific Ocean,
to raise their chicks
in sunny California.
They are our treasured guests,
federally protected.
The noise, the fire,
and the sulfur smell,
it's going to scare them,
maybe even make them sick.
Celebration should be all-inclusive,
we all must understand.
Being empathetic is hard,
but it’s better than not being.
I urge you:
please don’t add to the burden
of already struggling environment,
fireworks are not the only way,
in fact, not the way,
to show you are patriotic.
If you disturb the little birds today,
tomorrow,
your own children will suffer,
karma is watching, remember.
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Seema Patel
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Comments (3)
I always took my kids to town to watch the fireworks, that way we weren't setting them off at home.
Yup, karma is always watching. Loved your poem!
You are so right, but a lot of people think fireworks are tradition on this day. Anyway, they are so expensive who can really afford them but the companies that put those big displays on at night. Good work.