Sione Koloa - January 30, 2023
O creator of creation
You called us to be a steward of your creation
Instead, we pollute your sky
When you refresh us with your air
We intoxicate your rivers
When you give us life-living waters
We steal your comforting trees
When you trust us with their shades
We vandalize your land
When you reveal your secret treasures
We kill your people
When you shelter them under your roof
We cause violence and disharmony
When you bring peace and unity
Strong you are, vulnerable are we
Yet waiting for you patiently
For sharing from the wise
For awareness from the public
For spiritual from the religious
For healing sympathy from your friends
For action from the politicians.
This world will be always changing
Constantly rearranging
From ocean depths to mountain peaks
Mother nature moves and speaks
While telling stories of our past
She tries to teach us how to last
Mankind so smart, sometimes blind
Leaves common sense far behind
We’re moving fast and living large
Forgetting Mother Nature is in charge
Amazed when she rings our bell
Sending us through living hell
She can twist our steel, shake any city
If her wrath you feel, we shall pity
It’s true, we must treat her right
Or we will incur a deadly plight
Treat her with distinction
Or surely face extinction.
Oceans are poisoned by spilling of oil
Pesticides are contaminating the earth’s soil
It’s a pity not to see a clear blue sky
As air pollution is alarmingly high
Global temperature is rising, glaciers are melting down
Inaction by us will let cities drown
It is not that we don’t have any solution
To tackle and control this ongoing pollution
Reduce plastic use, stop deforestation,
Plant trees for clean air and soil restoration
Factories should stop draining waste to the sea
The Marine life will improve naturally
Composting can make the soil fertile
And we should not let debris pile.
Our marine life is being poisoned by all our toxic waste
Plastic dumped in mass for all our fish to taste
Mountains of our garbage, in our oceans we do store
Then watch in silence as the blood-drenched waves break angrily on the shore
And with it, all the decaying corpses from once an abundant sea of the living
A sea that kept us fed, a sea that kept on giving
Without all these things, we cannot survive
Each link has a purpose in the circle of life,
Earth is our parish and mother, we live in her womb
She provides for all life, so let’s not make her our tomb.
The land is in a constant state of birth
Giving life to all who live on earth
Our carelessness and fears
Have taken a toll over the years
Her land is parched and scorched
As man continues to light the torch
We continue a want of speed and ease
All while our pesticides kill off our bees
It’s time to wake up and see her pain
Humanity’s selfishness is becoming insane
Soon her cries will turn to gloom
And man will cause its own doom.
Look outside, see the trees
Watch the flowers in the breeze
Things won’t be like this in a year or two
If polluting is all we do
Seize the day, seize the night
Things won’t always be this way
Thousands of people are crying
In the night, you hear children crying
Let’s stop the war
Our people are sore
The world can’t help itself
Who cares about the wealth
Help me to help you
Show the world what you can do
We are stewards of this planet earth
We are to take care, not target
One can’t blame pollution alone
As they say, you reap what you’ve sown
So let us plant a better seed
Tear out the old roots, cultivate, weed
We are responsible for land, water, and air
We must never take for granted but always care
The air we breathe must be protected
People of the world are all connected
The water that we need to drink
If polluted will definitely shrink
We must also protect the land
Together we must stand hand in hand
We owe this to our children of tomorrow
Don’t leave them a world full of sorrow.
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