Earth Day 2022
Our planet, our home, our choices
We gather today to join and raise our voices
Thanks to those helping with road clean up today
So sad, so many, lower the window, throw it away
So sad, for so long we’ve treated Earth like that road
For millennia, Earth’s been humanity’s personal commode
Now, here we sit in an awkward position
Living by science yet still ruled by superstition
Hunter/gatherers gone urban in a rapid transition
All sharing a planet now in a precarious condition
But, 50+ years ago saw change could happen soon
Cuz..On Apollo 8, coming home from the moon,
A photo was snapped, of Earth, all alone in space
That dazzled earthlings with our planet’s beauty and grace
And…
52 years ago on that small planet named Earth
A bold, radical, new idea was given birth
That more we should care
Bout Earth’s soil, water & air
Having just.. just, realized what it’s all worth
Yet, now 52 years later, it’s still pretty clear
We’re pumping too much CO2 into the air
The 4 billion then is now up to 8
And, for any real changes…we all still wait
Ice keeps melting as temperatures rise higher
Takes a monster storm to end a monster fire
Our plastic pollution is a new ocean feature
Found on every beach, in every sea creature
And, is it wise to cut all of Earth’s trees
Except bananas, palm oil and loblollies
We’re growing GMO food in poisoned soil
And we’re stuck, trapped, still burning oil
Yet, talk and talk and talk is all we do
Do politicians really not have a clue
They seem OK with an economy
Where growth forever we will see
But, that’s the same plan cancer uses
And, with that plan, everyone loses
For the needed changes, are we too late?
I think not, but, for action, little time to wait
But, ya know, every day Earth provides
All we need, If we take a few, simple strides
The sun shines every day, daily winds blow
We all know that’s the way the future will go
More rooftop solar, today, is what we need
Cuz, cutting trees for big solar, that’s just greed
Remember, big oil & energy’s only real goal
That for power, forever, we all pay their toll
Yet, every storm, down goes another line
But, make, store power at home, you’d be fine
We know how, why do we continue to wait
To make America and our world, truly great
Yet, it seems so hard, so much pollution
And, there is no easy, one step solution
You know we humans, can be pretty smart
Be both wise and clever and have a big heart
We need to elect folks that admit and see
Earth’s rapidly changing new reality
Plan smaller families that buy and use less
More and more growth will not fix our mess
Once, shopping, buying local was all that we had
Now, that’s really hard to do, that’s pretty sad
Yet, changes keep coming, some fast, some slow
More local food we’re beginning to grow
But, how to slow a world built on shopping
Without a crash from a sudden stopping
Too many, daily, sit, shop, order and wait
For more plastic in another cardboard crate
If it wasn’t so sad & true, it might be funny
If soon we discover, ya can't eat oil or money
Will we agree too late, a world built on war
Is an economic model that only takes us so far
Cuz planet Earth doesn’t care, nor need to be saved
As a planet, unaware if desert, forest, or paved
About bacteria, dinosaurs, humans, Earth cares not
Nor if it’s frozen solid, flooded or cooking hot
It’s we humans that better care
I we want to keep living here
If today’s babies grandkids can hunt & fish
Or if for them, surface living is just a wish
And, though optimistic I try to be
I keep crashing into our new reality
What will Earth Day be like, 48 years hence
6 billion humans in peace & quiet reverence
Or 10 billion on a hot world of war & strife
With little value on any one human life
Our proactive choices, even made today
Will not quickly make humanity’s issues go away
But, if we continue to stall, bicker and deny
I fear, millions..or billions will die
So, today, let’s hear and share, new ideas and voices
Our world, our home, our choices
Today On Earth
Dog's enjoying the planet
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