The Abduction of Madeline McCann

by R. D. Ashby

The trees gently sway under subdued skies,
providence back on track it would appear
in the undulating of normal circumstances.

Walking in the park, a panic screeching
among the branches: a jay has raided a nest
clinging to a tiny fluff of brown. It's nature's way.

Crime only figures in human convention;
the marvelous stability in the natural order,
ecosystems, and biodiversity, is at root selfish.

The term opportunity is borrowed from nature;
survival of the fittest underlies success,
its decorous shrine the market place.

But opportunity is also exploitation and crime,
the continuing link to nature's success;
the outcome its own evidence of right.

Providence is defined in all events, to us
the moral and immoral, to create a balance
as sweet as this lovely sunshine day.

So little Madeline was snatched away,
reflecting nature's way, the outcry,
the whole world's continuing process.

05-Aug-2007

More By : R. D. Ashby

Views: 1355 Comments: 0