Thread by @GeorgeMonbiot

There is a point beyond which our grief about the gathering collapse of Earth systems can no longer be suppressed. I now realise that I've protected myself all these years by intellectualising the problem. But as governments keep failing, I can’t keep stifling the sense of loss.

I'm being told on Twitter to "toughen up". But it isn't tough to pretend that all is well when it so obviously isn't. It's tougher to face it.

In my mind, there is no contradiction between accepting the grief and a determination to fight the forces of destruction. On the contrary, it drives me on.

This beautiful, astonishing poem by @KathleenJamie captures the grief, and the determination.
scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/what-the-…