Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Climate Warming

Her young cub born in winter late,

Mama polar bear's concerned that

She and her cub will suffer fate

Of less food in their habitat.

Seals be their primary food source,

But she has seen that the sea ice

Has melted so much, in due course

She and her cub will pay a price.

Without the ice to walk out on,

She has to swim far out to find

The seals, harder to pounce upon.

The thawing ice troubles her mind.

By instinct, Mama polar bear

Knows it is too warm in the air.