THE ONLY EARTH
By: Lillian TOUNOKON aka Climate Poet
There's 7 billion plus people,
195 nations,
7 continents,
5 oceans,
But 1, just one, the only one Earth.
This mesmerizing deep blue, lush green ball, suspended by gravity in our wide galaxy.
Inhabited by mass populations of flora and fauna.
Living and non living things flourishing, diverse and widespread in all colors and shapes.
A population of which we are thriving
Yet driving everything else underground.
And as we ravage for dominance,
We have voluntarily hauled ourselves into the belly of this beast called climate change.
It engulfs our islands,
Floods our lands,
Thins our ozone layer,
It is sucking life out of us.
But this beast is the cry of mother nature
So let us try at least and intervene positively.
Let us calm the beast, her cry is too heartbreaking to bear.
© Lillian Tounokon (Climate Poet) 2021
Picture Courtesy of Martha Eimba
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