Two women, one from Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) and one from the Marshall Islands, connecting their realities. A sister of ice and snow meeting a sister of ocean and sand. The water melting on one side, the level of the seas rising on the other. Communicating vessels that are affecting their lives. A climate manifesto challenging us people from other parts of the world that are looking at their lives disintegrate behind our computers, thinking that it will not happen to us, completely disconnected. A very upsetting poem. What are we doing ?
“My sister,
From one island to another
I give to you these rocks
as a reminder
that our lives matter more than their power
that life in all forms demands
the same respect we all give to money
that these issues affect each and everyone of us
None of us is immune
And that each and everyone of us has to decide
if we
will
rise”