There’s an accord, though we’re oft unaware,
between nature and man for each others care.
It’s from her nurture that we grow and thrive.
Her bountiful tribute keeps us alive.
For the past hundred years, we’ve turned our back
and pretended that we would never lack
the things that we needed. We didn’t learn.
We need to pay what we owe in return.
We accept what was once unthinkable
and now our water’s barely drinkable.
We continue to pollute once fresh air
and yet we think that nature doesn’t care.
You see everyday on news and TV
another of nature’s catastrophes.
A monsoon in Burma tears at the shores,
food riots among the African poor.
Glaciers melting at an alarming rate
while deserts expand. There can't be debate.
We watch it all in comfort on TV
insulated from the reality.
We can no longer keep heads in the sand.
We need to take action and make a stand
to help our earth as it’s always helped us.
No longer can we ignore our solemn trust.
If we go along waiting for others
it won’t be long before we discover
we have achieved one final distinction:
We’ll be the last species facing extinction.
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Perhaps on one bright far off future day
a small tender green shoot will push its way
with hope thru the long fallowed earth and then
a soft breeze will whisper “let’s try again.”
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