WE ARE NATURE
- Ndaba
Sibanda (Zimbabwe)
Tell
me, how do we rescue ourselves
from
our propensity for self-destruction?
from
self-hatred, self-delusion, self-infliction?
an
investment to save the natural world
is
a welcome development to save life,
for
we are inseparable from nature
wetlands
are no longer wet,
for
humanity has become brutal,
no
longer loving, caring and romantic,
do
we see the trees’ tears
when
we tease and hack them
for
no reason or for the fun of it?
do
we hear the poor animals’ pleas
when
we pester and poach them
for
the love of money, meat and abuse?
do
we appreciate the importance of trees?
do
we recognize the damage of tossing
litter
around, or plastics around beaches?
rainforests
are unfriendly, furious and fiery,
coral
reefs are quarrelling with extinction
because
life`s support systems are stressed!
nature
is glory and glory is nature
but
nature calls for regeneration,
determination,
not decimation
trees,
rivers and oceans cry foul,
they
say their ruin is our tragedy,
indiscriminate
tree-cutters , heed!
there
is no place for plastic polluters,
for
plastic pollution is harmful to humans,
animals
and plants as it affects the food chain
is
the protection of the planet
not
the protection of the people?
is
a bulge of natural ruins not enough?
a
sick planet dogged by polluted air, water
and
soil, struggling with floods, fires, hunger
and
starvation: global warming is real and scary
please
poachers and polluters,
precious
is life, fragile is our planet,
we
plead on the edge of extinction
all
peoples should be preservers,
put
our planet before pride and greed,
deforestation,
devastation, extinction
are
we ready to consume less, use less water,
upcycle
more, turn trash into treasure, compost
food
scraps, shop secondhand, walk, bike, not drive?
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