You look into the eyes of the earth,
What Mother Nature wrought and birthed.
Where man has failed within her eyes,
Like a wounded animal, lays and cries.
We tell ourselves we’re not to blame.
Prior generations are the reason, we shame,
Responsibility once held in high honor.
Now, our resources, we just waste and squander.
Horrified, we gasp in such disbelieving.
At a point in time, we’re past all retrieving!
What will be left for our daughters and sons?
Our grandchildren, our family and friends, escaping no one!
What will it take to open one’s eyes?
The death of us all as the universe cries!