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See the Image

jansmatters.com, May 30, 2025May 30, 2025

Published in the 2024 St. Louis County Library Anthology, incomplete. Here it is in total.

See the image				
reflected
in eyes
peering from
trees
blades of grass
ocean depth

Listen to worrying
stillness
as quiet
aching awareness
grows for each intelligent
being

Feel sadness
weigh upon your heart
as one by one
fellow life forms
disappear
becoming memories
of beauty
lost
for those of us
left behind

See yourself
reflected
in eyes
peering

Hear yourself
quietly
stirring
aching

Feel yourself
passing
into
extinction

by your own hand

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Comments (2)

  1. John Vullo says:
    May 31, 2025 at 7:18 am

    Interesting piece. Gives one pause when thinking about our environment. Keep up the good work, Jan!

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    1. Joan says:
      May 31, 2025 at 3:10 pm

      thumbs up Jan. 🙂

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