I wonder why we pleasure in strife
Why we derive joy in profits
In expense of the dying earth
And why we must sell weapons
To cause more sorrow and pain
***
We chose paths of darkness and destruction
Even as Nature tries to guide us right
Now the greedy may sit at costly parks
Or peer at fine gardens from windows
But will see no damage their corporations do
Each time a hurricane or wild fires wipe entire species
We are all concerned with economics
Of land, labor and capital…
Even when these are the world we are destroying
The oceans slowly devour our lands
The foundations of the earth can not hold
Chemicals in the air mutate our diversity
We are consumed in seeking money
Day and night, industries smoke
And to we that are broke
We think that it is civilization
Hailing mass production
And our religion is money, more profit
In a world where pure rivers still flow
***
From waterfalls to little ponds and great lakes.
Beautiful colors of plastics showcase man’s coldness,
Coldness to himself, to fellow man and to creatures
Which must live, unfortunately with their tormentors
Even now, the creatures we share this place with
Know little about the causes of the looming doom
But I am convinced they are playing a part
To help keep the world safe and habitable
Sometimes I pray we don’t come to a point
Were we wear gas marks to communicate
And when we watch trees grow in an enclosure
Because they are the only ones left to see!
***
I am also convinced that the world goes round
And with it everything that founds themselves in her
***
Commentary:
This is no poem. I am worried. I fear for the earth with all these issues beclouding her. Global warming and her vices, wars, civil unrests, refugee issues, poverty, corruption, terrorism and Africa. I greet those corporations and individuals who see the need to devise means of sustaining the earths resources and reducing the impart of ‘destructive agents’ on our environment.
I am using the word we because the whole world is into businesses that in one way or the other contribute to our most pressing problem, the global warming. Urgent measures should be taking to save our only planet.
