First fires that rage and scotch Greek lives
Then floods that Libya decries
With the speed at which rogue Nature strikes
Man is dazed in
bold headlights!
We feel bereft, quite unprepared …
No room for doubt, we’re running scared!
Appeals for aid - both cash and tents
Roll in – with panic more intense.
Man’s greed stays focused on brief goals
Moroccan earthquake - more lost souls;
The Activist’s brave life is short
The rope around such necks pulled taut…
Those who warn soon disappear
177 deaths this year!
Courageous voices soon dismissed
Like Cassandra’s in Greek myth.
Low-lying cities fear the worst
With global warming, they are cursed;
As for the ‘green lung ‘Amazon:
Deforestation rumbles on!
Behold the Writing on the Wall!
Its message stark in letters tall
Such shallow thinking needs to stop:
It’s all hands to the pump – or rot!
(c) Poet in the woods 2023
