Dear Future

Dear Future
To you
Bacteria
Cockroaches
Tenacious plants
I write
Have you seen my grandchildren?
Two-legged
Long-armed
Heat-stricken
But with their own brand of tenacity

Do they still reproduce?
Travel roads?
Hoe fields?
Please bear an apology
And this prayer:

Care for your Mother
As your self

Carolyn White November 4, 2015