For Earth
I want to lay under the stars and look up into space,
and forget for a while that humanity has lost its grace.
Pray to a higher power, that I hope exists,
for the harmful behavior of humanity to desist.
We are treating Earth as if she’s a trash bin,
exploiting and harming her with a heedless grin.
We act as if she’s an object, and has no rights,
and very few people are putting up a real fight.
As carbon levels in the atmosphere rise, hopelessness draws near,
and the greedy capitalists keep on keeping on, without any fear.
They do not see that they’ve already lost,
if you think In terms of morality, and spiritual cost.
Most people are complacent in the face of this existential threat.
I wonder how they sleep at night, without any regret.
Maybe our psychology shields us from the future we face,
because for many of us, everything seems okay, and in a decent place.
We are distracted by our jobs, shopping, and other worldly pursuits,
all the while the natural world is collapsing, and in time, everything else will become moot.
The western world holds onto our creature comforts with a vice grip,
seemingly unaware that our excess is going to spell the end of our pleasant IV drip.
We use more resources than Earth can safely regenerate,
and have forgotten the power of nature that, if we were wise, we would venerate.
Most politicians can’t be trusted, they’ve been swayed by lobbyists and aren’t on natures side.
In the darkness, division, corruption, and end game capitalism do reside.
We don’t have control over the water, air, and land,
if we don’t change course, nature will destroy us, as we’re destroying her, with a swat of her hand.
Climate scientists and activists grow tired and may struggle to be kind,
when our voices and efforts get drowned out by fossil fuel lobbyists and politicians that remain corrupt and blind.
When breakdown worsens, I’m sure more citizens will speak and rise.
My fear is, by then, too much of Earth and biodiversity will have been severely compromised.
We can’t lay the burden on climate activists alone,
we all have to rise and act together to ensure Earth remains a safe and habitable home.
Poem about the necessity of collection action in the face of climate and ecological breakdown, the need to end our addiction to fossil fuels, and rethink our relationship with the natural world.