The sun lifts above the horizon

an orange ball intense in its glow

turning golden as it rises

 

Smoky skies lock in the scathing

heat that boils our blood, melting

glacial ice and mountain snow

 

Breaking into chunks of ice that

dwindle, leaving the earth adrift

while even the oceans swelter

 

In the evening, the crimson sun

becomes a seething inferno as it

slips into the realm below.

 

With a climate gone crazy we suffer

what we have created, no longer denying

that we knew, yes, we knew.