A Letter for Emily

Baby blue eyes, like the bluest skies.

I love to see them fill up with surprise.

Thank you for the ways that you have made me wise.

'Cause I love you in ways that only I can describe.

You're the only one who can calm my cries.

Every time I hear your voice it makes me smile inside.

I'm sorry when I yell and it makes you cry.

It's too easy to blame it on my stressful life.

It hurts me too, but it will be alright.

I'm always your Daddy at the end of the night.

I love you in ways only a father can write.

Whenever I am wrong, I will make it right.

I've waited all of my life to see a star this bright.

I've never been the same since you came into my life.

I will help you to succeed with all of my might.

It may seem a bit extreme, but you're the reason for my life.

In this life, a darkened tunnel, you are my only hope of light.

When we are together, it just feels so right.

You are my lone beautiful rose in this land of blight.

I love you in ways only a father can give light.

The Weight of the World

The world is changing. It is not quite what it used to be.

For my grandchildren I am concerned, and for their ancestors I weep.

The pollution is reaped from the seed that we sow.

Sulfur rain ignites death by glucose.

Typhoons, hurricanes, and even volcanoes will be more deadly than ever. 

Yet we do nothing about it, and we all know we'd better.

The death created by humans is as plain as the day.

But the Earth still cries out in vain with its pain.

How many creatures that lived once no longer remain?

By the Earth's greatest creation destruction will unfold.

Humans wreak havoc and bring death wherever we go.

Nobody owns the lawn that they mow. We lease from ancestors, and leave it for them broke.
The Human race is the Earth's greatest joke.