William Eaton
Writer
New York, New York, United States

This is my letter to the future

“Behave more tenderly!”

This is my letter to the future,
That cannot write to me,—
The simple news that Nature told,
With tender majesty.
Her message is committed
To hands I cannot see;
For love of her, sweet citizens,
Behave more tenderly!

{With all apologies and honor to Emily Dickinson and to her “This is my letter to the world“}