GALVANIZE
The time has come to….
Galvanize
Those heaving sighs
From fraught days and spiritual malaise
From Miles and miles spent in
Supermarket aisles
Overwhelmed by choices to the point where
We lose our voices
And so silently we loosen our ties
To life.
“Oh my loves what magic we could make
if we galvanized,
Realized beyond fantasized futures, the power of our presence”
Yes – the time has come to
Get together
To claim the prize of a collective awakening.
Get off our arses
Realize our vastness
And put it to work
Stopping the shopping and stepping out in the streets
Fields
Battlefronts
Shop fronts
Boardrooms
Classrooms
Living rooms
It’s time to galvanize
To claim our prize
Of a fullness of voice
Of a radical choice
To speak up for what we know
To be true.
Published in Letters to the Earth: Writing to a Planet in Crisis - read here
Creation is the antidote to despair. 'All power to this amazing project.' Joanne Harris
How can we begin to talk about what is happening to the world? We are facing a global emergency. Temperatures are rising. Mass species extinction has begun. The time for denial is over. It is time to act.
Letters to the Earth is the beginning of a new story. It is an invitation to act and an opportunity to extend the invitation.
These letters are the result of a callout from Culture Declares Emergency to the public to write a response to climate and ecological emergency. They are letters from all of us: parents and children; politicians and poets; actors and activists; songwriters and scientists. They are letters of Love, Loss Hope and Action to a planet in crisis.
Includes contributions from activist Yoko Ono, poet Kate Tempest, actor Mark Rylance, author Laline Paull, illustrator of The Lost Words Jackie Morris, novelist Anna Hope, environmental writer Jay Griffiths and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas.