birthday in Paris

we celebrate today
cake and lemonade
five years ago, you shed your light
a new day would arrive
our grandchildren a future

awe and wonder evaporated slowly
the disillusionment

unaware that everybody left (their commitments)
you're partying hard
on an empty dance floor

Notes


^{This poem was written 5 years after the Paris Agreements were signed and explores the sentiment felt when comparing the climate action taken by governments to their commitments.}


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