Hope but

In 2050,

In Vermont:

I hope there will be

the same amount

of forest,

but there may

be less

as there is now

from 1990.

I hope my children

will know

clean rivers,

but it is possible

that they won't

swim the way I know it.

I hope my parents

can grow old

in a quiet valley

with loving neighbors,

but who knows

if the valleys

will soon be gone

to construction.

I hope to make

the future I want

but I am not sure

that I can control

even this.