This is My Planet Too

Impending collapse
car culture running out of oil
nowhere to retreat
living in an abstract society
few have real life skills
are we doomed?

 

Collective denial
environmental crisis
on the news we hear instead
latest fashion
celebrity gossip
corporations control the planet
and you want to talk about sports?

 

Culture based on destroying the land
culture based on using up non renewable resources
culture based on a lie
the earth is a finite place
a life based on infinite resources cannot last
and you sit here watching a "reality" show
did you learn about reality?

 

The system is rigged against those who love the land
against those who care about future life
when environmentalists use an existing law to stop the destruction
the laws are changed by those in power
what meaning are laws if they are changed when convenient?

 

we live in a destructive culture
we live in a blind culture
to quiet us they feed us bright green lies
telling us solar panels and windmills
will bring relief to the environmental crisis
Did you see the open pit mine?
We will need more of those pits in order to build the structures
blow up all the mountains to sake your thirst for power
is that better than a polluted sky?
do you like the world better without its surface beauty?
do you like the taste of contaminated water?

 

If you lived on your own planet I wouldn't care
but this is my planet, too
there are trees, bees, butterflies
flowers, birds, elephants
do all the living things need to sacrifice their home
so you can turn on your lights?

 

We have to stop killing the planet
We have to find another way to live
or we won't be living at all.

 

Reviews

[emmajoy]

For so many people making money is more important that protecting our planet. Take what you can, do what you want .. and all the way to the bank!

People make ahhh and oooh noises when they holiday abroad in exotic places or travel through their own countryside; they do so because they need to switch out of the vicious noise and look of every day society, need to relax. Then, come Monday, the holiday's over and it's back to producing contracts or directing man-power to pour swill into the environment or dig up the land because it's there, or pollute the sea or .. or .. or ..

And YESSSSSS .. you're so right ..

'We have to stop killing the planet
We have to find another way to live
or we won't be living at all.'

Your writing is - as ever, superb; your ethics are extraordinary.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

I get really frustrated when I see the latest outburst of a celebrity getting priority in the news over soldiers dying for our freedom... and though i love sports it has its place as a luxury. Mother Earth is resilient but can only take so much... we need to care for her so she can take care of us.

[Ed Hart]

the heavy momentum of 'civilization' crushes us all; literally, mother nature has had about all it can take...i'm with you here, heart and soul

[Coyote Poetry]

So many people are yelling and screaming for common sense. Hard to hear over the wars and the greed. Obama finished off the Bush's plan. Two months ago gave the right to Government to take land at-will. Soon people like you and me will see the last of freedom and the beauty of nature loss unless a miracle happens? Your poem is fact. It is a scary story for the future generation everywhere.
Coyote

And this write I do love out of the bottom of my heart! Very well said! As humans will kill finally humanity, they are just not aware enough yet, thank you for sharing this lovely provoking peace! Excellent. xx