The Quiet Voice

Now and then I will hear in my heart a tiny voice that is not my own. The voice, the thoughts it cre­ates, come and go quick­ly, in my mind.

The qui­et voice came the oth­er night. We sent you many warn­ings: white bison and oth­er albi­no ani­mals, but you con­tin­ued poi­son­ing the bees and destroy­ing the mighty Ama­zon. You hunt­ed ele­phants, rhi­nos, tigers, pan­golins, and oth­er rare and beau­ti­ful crea­tures. Ripped up the earth. Sul­lied the waters. Pol­lut­ed the air. We sent you hur­ri­canes, super­ty­phoons, earth­quakes. We warned you with SARS, MERS, Ebo­la, and now Coro­n­avirus — all these to let you know that you are going down the path of total destruc­tion.