Ecology

By Mike Turner

Flora and fauna
Earth and sky
Fire and water
And here stand I

Are we all separate
Or part of one?
Planets and star dust
Empty space, Sun?

Each of its own
Yet parts of the same
As a portrait on canvas
All its colors contains

Thus bound together
In relation are we
All as part of a oneness
And they, too, part of me

Mike Turner is a songwriter and poet living on the US Gulf Coast. He was featured on the “15 Minutes of Fame Stage” at the 2020 Monroeville Literary Festival. Mike’s songs have received radio play throughout the US, UK, Europe, New Zealand and on the US Armed Forces Radio Network. He was featured in the books, “Who’s Who of Emerging Writers 2020” and “I, The Writer” published by Sweetycat Press. Mike’s poems have been published in several print and on-line journals; his poem, “A Flash of Blue” was awarded 1st Place in the 2020 Springtime Contest at Academy of the Heart and Mind.