Thursday, November 21, 2024

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Nature is our Future

Nature is our Future


To all the people on this planet

Who disregard the world they inhabit

This is a message to you all

To take action before Earth falls


Remember the days when the sun shone bright

Before humans polluted the sky with PM 2.5

Remember the times when dark was the night

When nocturnal creatures used to thrive


Remember when the forests rose high

Before humans ignited the forest to the ground

Responding to the trees’ resounding cries

By further pounding them down


When mountains of ice scraped the sky

To intrigue man’s unkempt eye

Of the majestic, astounding sight

And its ever so frostbitten night


Now man’s cruelty climbs to its peak

Bringing down nature, robbing its beauties

Now nature has never been so weak

And man has forgotten all his duties


To preserve the ever-dwindling trees

To preserve the endangered species

To preserve the scent of a freshened breeze

To preserve the acidifying seas


To prevent the poisoned air

From suffocating our children

To prevent the un-ozonated sun

From vaporising our loved ones 


If we are to cut down trees

We must plant them in return

If we are to acidify seas

We must alkalify them in turn


If we are to release hazardous chemicals

We must release oxidants instead

To stop the greenhouse gases

From roasting Earth down dead


We must stop what we are doing now

We must cleanse our Earth and vow

Not to re-pollute this planet; to disallow

The disintegration of our Earth right now.