Here I Stand (poem)

I'm sorry to say it, but I was kind of in a depressed mood today.  My brother and I were watching a documentary about the effect of greenhouse gases on Earth's biomes and it just made me furious to see how much we've messed up the planet.  I wrote this poem to reflect how I feel.  I'm not going to tell you the exact themes because you should be able to decipher them yourselves.  If you can't, then I didn't do a very good job of writing this poem!

I look from the precipice.

Nothing but gray,

As far as the eye can see.

Uniform, unchanged,

Dark even during day.

Here I stand.

I direct my eyes downcast

Against the sting

Of the wind across my face.

Feral, ferocious,

Fierce against my wing.

Here I stand.

I wrinkle my nose, disgust.

Assaulted scenes,

Drift fore without embrace.

Pungent, prevalent,

Remorse without trace.

Here I stand.

I curl down my lips, distaste.

Loathing the nausea,

Trying to cover my face.

Repulsion, revulsion,

Like sulphur lace.

Here I stand.

I cover my ears with haste.

Cries that never abate,

Jarring through all protection.

Clashing, crashing,

Without correction.

Here I stand.

I stand on the precipice,

Never moving, never losing ground.

I see through, relentless,

Tangent in air,

Through to the emptiness,

That surrounds everywhere.

I never move.

I stay.

I stand through it all.

Here I still.  I stay.  I stand.