Ecstasy & Despair

And how shall I
Celebrate my new love
Hold a refrain of gratitude and wonder
Gifts from the angels
 
With full awareness
Of our diminishing
Earth
 
Amazement, 
Wonder, &
Delight 
Fear, 
Sadness
Grief
 
How do I hold
Both
The hope and ecstasy
Of new love
 
And the Despair
Of a dying planet
In the same embrace?
 
My arms trembling
With hope & Love
And loss
And tears
 
Tightly squeezing 
That which I cherish
Wanting to hold this moment
Forever
 
Then turning love
And grief and despair
into creative action
 
To protect
All of those whom I love
With my being