{"id":4783,"date":"2022-06-30T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/?p=4783"},"modified":"2022-06-29T23:35:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:35:44","slug":"colourless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/colourless\/","title":{"rendered":"Colourless<\/span>Rebecca Stonehill<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

only that it\u2019s becoming unmanageable;<\/span><\/p>\n

that much, only, do I know.<\/span><\/p>\n

And more than knowing \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I <\/span>feel<\/span><\/i> it, in the corals bleaching and leaching<\/span><\/p>\n

of colour, in the thud of trunks as they<\/span><\/p>\n

hit the floor of ancient forests,<\/span><\/p>\n

in the vapour trails that crisscross the skies<\/span><\/p>\n

like angry scars,<\/span><\/p>\n

in the face of the child who stands<\/span><\/p>\n

waist deep in swirling water,<\/span><\/p>\n

in the soft marrow of my bones,<\/span><\/p>\n

I <\/span>feel<\/span><\/i> it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leaders clutch details in<\/span><\/p>\n

tight fists, declaring code red on humanity\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

while continuing to stall like an infant<\/span><\/p>\n

on wobbly legs, but I <\/span>feel<\/span><\/i> it in the<\/span><\/p>\n

fracking, the extracting, the screaming,<\/span><\/p>\n

the demeaning, in the losses and<\/span><\/p>\n

the tossing aside of the pleas<\/span><\/p>\n

of those already suffering and as we<\/span><\/p>\n

burn and turn our eyes towards<\/span><\/p>\n

one of the first chemical<\/span><\/p>\n

compounds we learnt in science\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

at primary school, we listen<\/span><\/p>\n

as rhetoric bubbles and spews<\/span><\/p>\n

like smoke-blackened exhaust<\/span><\/p>\n

fumes from a truck<\/span><\/p>\n

and we know that it is up to<\/span><\/p>\n

us who must pause\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and breathe, breathe and pause.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And Act.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

CALL TO ACTION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get involved with local, grassroots environmental initiatives. Tend to and care for your local waterways, hedgerows, woodlands or wildlife, feel empowered by this and watch as the ripple effects grow.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Rebecca Stonehill<\/a><\/strong> lives in Norwich where she writes historical fiction and award-winning poetry and teaches creative writing. This year she was awarded Backlash Press’s Best Book Award for her non-fiction work, The Sky Within<\/em> – A Memoir of Sleep<\/em>, which\u00a0is published later this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  only that it\u2019s becoming unmanageable; that much, only, do I know. And more than knowing \u2013\u00a0 I feel it, in the corals bleaching and leaching of colour, in the thud of trunks as they hit the floor of ancient forests, in the vapour trails that crisscross the skies like angry scars, in the face […]<\/p>\n

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