I'm often reminded just how fragile

life truly is 

more recently with the loss of lives

beyond my control

My Female Cat Storm 

was carrying babies

and the house was filled with excitement 

and of course joy

awaiting that moment

when they would first come into our world

preparations where made

with glee and happiness

and then it was taken

as they came too early

four very small premature kittens

not ready for this hard world

and though I fought to keep them alive

each one I watched

slip back to where they had come from

home to the ether

heart wrenching

and soul destroying it was 

and tears fell amongst us all

you feel useless and blame yourself

what more could I have done

what if Id have done this

or that

but at the end of it all

one accepts that life is

whilst oh so precious

more so fragile

it seems to me now

that our lives as humans

is more fragile then its ever been

with the development of technical wars

eco systems destroyed

hurricanes tornadoes

floods and earthquakes

that strike without malice

but just as deadly

we fail to see how we interact with this world

how we treat it

look after it an nurture an love it so

and yet not once have we stopped to think

this world this earth

it is not even ours

it is the futures

we are but the keepers

the caretakers

and not a fine job we do

we have failed in our very roles

to protect and nourish this very being

that lives and breathes

to keep us all alive

protected and comforted

warm and safe

and now she responds

in the only way she knows

the storms that rage

the seas that swell

the rain that falls

the people that loose their lives

our media is full of such moments

more then ever

and yet

we still don't listen

how long before we realize

its too little

too late

~X~